Law and Order

UPC: 025192273322

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: The first film version of W.R. Burnett's novel Saint Johnson was filmed as Law and Order in 1932. Essentially an all-names-changed retelling of the Wyatt Earp legend, the film scored on its humanity and restraint. The 1953 remake eschewed the shadings and subtleties of the original in favor of a traditional shoot-em-up, replete with gratuitous violence. Ronald Reagan stars as the Earp counterpart this time, who has sworn to bring criminal Preston S. Foster to justice. The original Law and Order had no love interest at all; the Reagan version pairs up the star with beautiful Dorothy Malone, and offers a second leading lady in the form of Ruth Hampton. The original had a hanging sequence which was treated as business as usual; the remake turns this sequence into a brutal lynching. Common to both films was the final showdown between Reagan and Foster, given added melodrama in the later version by the fact that Reagan had previously sworn to give up his guns for the love of his lady. Like most of Ronald Reagan's 1950s vehicles, Law and Order paid its way and was then forgotten. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Features: Includes original theatrical trailer

Law and Order

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/06/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 80 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [1:14]
2. The Durango Kid [6:14]
3. Lynch Mob [5:35]
4. You're Not Wanted Here [7:51]
5. Don't Need the Law [4:46]
6. Right Man for the Job [4:57]
7. A New Marshall in Town [2:19]
8. Your Side of the Fence [2:31]
9. Gun Shy [4:22]
10. Cheap Shot [5:00]
11. A Family Affair [6:20]
12. Breaking the Law [4:47]
13. Walking Target [4:08]
14. Can't Run from a Reputation [5:28]
15. Cut Down to Size [4:06]
16. Give Johnson a Chance [7:31]
17. Look Who's Back [1:59]
18. End Titles [:28]

Hans J. Wollstein

The bleak look of the seminal 1932 Western classic Law and Order has been exchanged for a Technicolor landscape and the equally colorful presence of Dorothy Malone and "Miss New Jersey of 1952," Ruth Hampton, in this the third go-around of W.R. Burnett's tale of a Wyatt Earp-like reformer. Ronald Reagan, alas, is almost too laid-back as the fatigued lawman, and although they do their best to ignite the screen, the supporting players likewise fail to liven the rather obvious goings-on. The result is one of those typical early-'50s Grade-B+ Westerns that proved moneymakers for the burgeoning Universal International but are today notable mainly for the early appearances of future television stars, in this case Russell Johnson, Dennis Weaver, and Jack Kelly. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Holly Bane  Actor 
Martin Garralaga  Actor 
Eddie Parker  Actor 
William Tannen  Actor 
Richard H. Cutting  Actor 
Harry Harvey  Actor 
Ethan Laidlaw  Actor 
James F. Stone  Actor 
Jack Ingram  Actor 
Britt Wood  Actor 
William Gould  Actor 
Victor Romito  Actor 
John Carpenter  Actor 
Don Garner  Actor 
Valerie Jackson  Actor 
Kermit Maynard  Actor 
Gregg Barton  Actor 
Watson Downs  Actor 
Tristram Coffin  Actor 
Buddy Roosevelt  Actor 
Jack Daly  Actor 
Thomas Brown Henry  Actor 
Kenneth MacDonald  Actor 
Vernel Bagneris  Screenwriter 
John Bagni  Screenwriter 
Daniel D. Beauchamp  Screenwriter 
Nathan Juran  Director 
Henry Mancini  Composer (Music Score) 
John W. Rogers  Producer 
Inez Cocke  Screenwriter 
Ronald Reagan  Actor 
Dorothy Malone  Actor 
Preston S. Foster  Actor 
Alex Nicol  Actor 
Ruth Hampton  Actor 
Russell Johnson  Actor 
Barry Kelley  Actor 
Chubby Johnson  Actor 
Jack Kelly  Actor 
Dennis Weaver  Actor 
Wally Cassell  Actor 
Richard Garrick  Actor 

Country: USA