10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948 · 18 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · DIR. Charles Barton
Overview
A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.
Dialogue Timeline — 353 lines
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00:00:00 "10,000 Kids and a Cop" came to be because we had a baby brother
00:00:58 "10,000 Kids and a Cop" came to be as a way
00:02:54 as it has brought to all of us here in Hollywood.
00:03:41 that both of them were on their way to the state reformatory.
00:04:40 You'll see.
00:05:41 and you'll make an even 1,200.
00:06:18 - Should we go? - Yeah.
00:07:07 Sure, hanging out with the kids keeps us young.
00:07:52 - Does that answer your question? - It sure does.
00:08:28 Batter up!
00:09:23 Thanks, son.
00:10:00 - I'll treat you, Officer Powell. - No, Tommy, this one's on me.
00:10:37 Imagine that, Mike, they got a clinic here with nurses and everything.
00:11:18 where boys and girls are taught to make things that are useful.
00:12:03 Well, this room we have our library.
00:12:43 Outside we have one part of the grounds
00:13:53 - How do you like that? - It's all right.
00:14:42 I have over 300 children in my dramatic class,
00:15:16 Well, look at the time.
00:16:00 because he lost him on his first birthday.
00:16:59 and we don't want to see another man's child
00:17:46 Oh, Officer Powell, um...
00:18:18 Officer Powell, I've got something here I'd like your little boy to have.
00:19:04 You hit a homer next Saturday, you hear?
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Lines indexed353
Dialogue density19.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:19:04
Production Record
DirectorCharles Barton
LanguageEnglish
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