10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

Name: 10,000 Kids and a Cop
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Released: 1948-10-01

18m

Running Time

October 1, 1948
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Bud Abbott

Self

Lou Costello

Self

William Bendix

Cop

James Stewart

Narrator

Brenda Joyce

Narrator

Charles Barton

Director

Gene Collins

Kid at Foundation

Details.

Release Date
October 1, 1948

Status
Released

Running Time
18m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Documentary Comedy

Last updated: 2024-09-22

Wiki.

10,000 Kids and a Cop is a 1948 documentary short directed by Charles Barton about the philanthropic work of the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles, California, named after the comedian's son who had died in 1943 aged 1, and it was originally distributed for free to U.S. film exhibitors.