State Trooper (1957)

Professionally scripted and produced through the sponsorship of Ford Motor Company, an updated public relations film entitled "State Trooper" was released for public viewing following a premiere showing at East Lansing's Kellogg Center in July 1957.
The 16 millimeter black-and-white film used a mostly amateur cast of department personnel to showcase state police activities with a dramatic flair. Cpl. Donald Hermansen, Tpr. Edward Trahan and Tpr. George Bays portrayed a murderous trio of bank bandits in a robbery scene staged and filmed on location at the Walled Lake branch of Community National Bank.
The film's only professional actor portrayed the bank president while the actual branch manager acted as a cashier who was slain in the holdup. The amateur villains and the entire film were big hits with audiences.

[@johnjackson8401]

Bygone era. The country was doing very well in 1957.

[@rickprobst7555]

you can tell this is old not only by the black and white But by the way the officer let's the little boy Lay on the back seat and not buckle up lol

[@sherryturner974]

No seat belts in 1957!

[@monicalopez8634]

Why did they talk funny back then?..ever notice that?