Bare-bones "Heroes in Blue" (1939) isn't All that Bad!

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Gangster Moran gives Joe Murphy several thousand dollars to bet on a horse race, the horse wins and Joe takes off with the money. Moran informs Mike Murphy, Joe&apos;s father, that no harm will come to Joe if Mike doesn&apos;t interfere wit...

William Watson

Heroes in Blue

Competent Low-Budgeter

The plot&apos;s familiar but pretty well done. Dad and one son Terry are cops, while the other son Joe is drifting into crime. Naturally, this sets up not only legal conflicts but family ones as well. I like that early scene around the breakfast table where the badinage flies thick and fast giving us a sense of the colorful Murphy family. From there, loyalties are strained as Joe, and Dad, get more involved with gangster Moran.

The acting is pretty good. As Terry, Purcell gets top billing, but it&apos;s really Quigley&apos;s Joe who gets more camera time and chance to emote. But then it&apos;s the old Murphy folks, actors Sheridan and Elliott, who steal the show in subdued fashion. Low-budget Monogram&apos;s cost cutting shows up in the many darkened scenes, especially the shortened city street where no cars pass. Nonetheless, it&apos;s a decent, if unexceptional, time-passer.

The plot's familiar but pretty well done. Dad and one son Terry are cops, while the other son Joe is drifting into crime. Naturally, this sets up not only legal conflicts but family ones as well. I like that early scene around the breakfast table where the badinage flies thick and fast giving us a sense of the colorful Murphy family. From there, loyalties are strained as Joe, and Dad, get more involved with gangster Moran.

The acting is pretty good. As Terry, Purcell gets top billing, but it's really Quigley's Joe who gets more camera time and chance to emote. But then it's the old Murphy folks, actors Sheridan and Elliott, who steal the show in subdued fashion. Low-budget Monogram's cost cutting shows up in the many darkened scenes, especially the shortened city street where no cars pass. Nonetheless, it's a decent, if unexceptional, time-passer.

Gangster Moran gives Joe Murphy several thousand dollars to bet on a horse race, the horse wins and Joe takes off with the money. Moran informs Mike Murphy, Joe's father, that no harm will come to Joe if Mike doesn't interfere with the robbing of stores on his beat. Joe's policeman brother, Terry Murphy, learns of the plot and sets out to free his father and brother of Moran's threats.

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