Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet is a 1954 American crime drama film noir directed by Nathan Juran, based on story by U.S. Anderson and Roger Corman. The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix.

Roger Corman sold his first screen story called The House by the Sea to Allied Artists for 3,000. Allied Artists changed the title to the more commercial exploitation Highway Dragnet after the success of the television series Dragnet and Highway Patrol. Portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California.

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