The Officer and the Lady (1941) DVD-R

Starring Rochelle Hudson, Bruce Bennett, Roger Pryor, Richard Fiske,
Sidney Blackmer
Directed by Sam White

Print: black/white
Runtime: 60 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Honest cop Bob Conlon (Bruce Bennett) is in love with Helen Regan
(Rochelle Hudson),who begs off from a lasting committment because of
the injuries incurred by her policeman father (Oscar O'Shea). Helen
inaugurates a "safer" romance with Johnny Davis (Roger Pryor), who
unbeknownst to her is the leader of a criminal gang. Bob manages to get
the goods on Johnny, but his problems are far from over: Helen and her
dad are kidnapped by vengeful ex-convict Blake Standish (Sidney
Blackmer). Tom Kennedy goes through his usual dumb-cop paces,
providing a few islands of comedy relief in this round-robin actioner.
Officer and the Lady was the first feature-length directorial effort by Sam
White, whose brother Jules was then in charge of Columbia's 2-reel
comedy unit.