# The Fighting Rookie

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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Fighting Rookie
| image          = The Fighting Rookie poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Spencer Gordon Bennet](/source/Spencer_Gordon_Bennet)
| producer       = Spencer Gordon Bennet<br>Lester F. Scott Jr.
| screenplay     = [George Morgan](/source/George_Morgan_(screenwriter))
| story          = Homer King Gordon
| starring       = [Jack La Rue](/source/Jack_La_Rue)<br>[Ada Ince](/source/Ada_Williams_(actress))<br>[DeWitt Jennings](/source/DeWitt_Jennings)<br>[Matthew Betz](/source/Matthew_Betz)<br>Arthur Belasco<br>Tom Brower
| music          =
| cinematography = [James S. Brown Jr.](/source/James_S._Brown_Jr.)
| editing        = [Fred Bain](/source/Fred_Bain)
| studio         = [Mayfair Pictures](/source/Mayfair_Pictures)
| distributor    = Mayfair Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1934|5|15}}
| runtime        = 67 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          =
}}
'''''The Fighting Rookie''''' is a 1934 American [crime film](/source/crime_film) directed by [Spencer Gordon Bennet](/source/Spencer_Gordon_Bennet) and written by [George Morgan](/source/George_Morgan_(screenwriter)). The film stars [Jack La Rue](/source/Jack_La_Rue), [Ada Ince](/source/Ada_Williams_(actress)), [DeWitt Jennings](/source/DeWitt_Jennings), [Matthew Betz](/source/Matthew_Betz), Arthur Belasco and Tom Brower. The film was released on May 15, 1934, by [Mayfair Pictures](/source/Mayfair_Pictures).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74852/the-fighting-rookie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324172341/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74852/The-Fighting-Rookie/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |title=The Fighting Rookie (1934) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-fighting-rookie-v17214 |title=The Fighting Rookie (1934) - Spencer Gordon Bennet |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8739-THE-FIGHTINGROOKIE |title=The Fighting Rookie |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2020-03-24}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=March 2020}}

==Cast==          
*[Jack La Rue](/source/Jack_La_Rue) as Jim Trent
*[Ada Ince](/source/Ada_Williams_(actress)) as Molly Malone
*[DeWitt Jennings](/source/DeWitt_Jennings) as Police Commissioner
*[Matthew Betz](/source/Matthew_Betz) as Lewis Cantor
*Arthur Belasco as Bates
*Tom Brower as Tom Malone

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0025112|The Fighting Rookie}}

{{Spencer Gordon Bennet}}

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Category:1934 films
Category:1934 English-language films
Category:American crime films
Category:1934 crime films
Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Mayfair Pictures films
Category:1934 American films
Category:English-language crime films

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