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Highway Dragnet

1954·70 min

Highway Dragnet

Directed by Nathan Juran

CrimeDramaThriller

An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.

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James 'Jim' Henry

Mrs. Cummings

Susan Willis

Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle

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Mary Beth Hughes

Terry Smith - Bar Girl

Dolly - Cafe Waitress

Mr. Carson

Det. Sgt. Ben Barnett

Marine in Civvies

Ice Cream Truck Driver

Trooper in Cafe

House Peters Jr.

Steve - Border Inspection Officer

Elderly Border Inspection Officer

Charles Anthony Hughes

Chubby Border Inspection Officer (as Tony Hughes)

Harry - Trooper in Cafe

Trooper Al

Marine (uncredited)

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Highway Dragnet (1954) is about an ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.

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Nathan Juran directed Highway Dragnet (1954).

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