I Take This Oath (1940)

Director
Sam Newfield

Main cast
Gordon Jones; Joyce Compton; Craig Reynolds; J. Farrell MacDonald; Veda Ann Borg

Genres
Drama, Crime

Description
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.


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