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Release Year1950
Runtime1h 00m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama
Votes2
DirectorGeorge Blair
WritersGene Lewis
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsWomen from Headquarters
About Women from Headquarters
Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max Taylor refuses to listen to Joyce's warnings, and eventually marries the hoodlum. Joyce gets through the detailed trained required to become an L.A. policewoman, and she and her newly-assigned detective partner, Harvey Gates cleanup up a skid-row Bar-girl scheme.And she and Gates are told to get the goods on a narcotics gang ran by Richard Cott , and Ruby and Max Taylor reappear.
Directed by George Blair, Women from Headquarters leans on a strong ensemble — Virginia Huston, Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1950.
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