Acting
James Baskett—later Uncle Remus, here in his prime.
Score
Count Basie Orchestra at full throttle, 1938.
Production
Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers doing aerials in crime-comedy chaos.
Director
Irwin Franklyn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Policy Man was part of a vibrant but nearly erased wave of 1930s-40s 'race films' made for Black audiences outside the studio system.
No known prints survive; the last record is a 1938 billboard photo. The entire visual history of this film exists in exactly one promotional still.
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