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6 unusual facts about Broderick Crawford


Broderick Crawford

In the film, Crawford's character is a hardened convict so violent he commands the obedience of even the most violent and psychotic prisoners in the prison yard, including those portrayed by such famous tough-guy actors as Charles Bronson, Ralph Meeker, William Talman, and Lon Chaney, Jr..

His Academy Award and larger-than-life persona eventually won him more diverse roles, and he would appear in such varied films as Phil Karlson's Scandal Sheet (1952), Fritz Lang's Human Desire (1954), Federico Fellini's Il bidone (1955) and Richard Fleischer's Between Heaven and Hell (1956).

Buick Century

Broderick Crawford was shown driving a 2-door Century sedan during the first season of his popular syndicated TV series "Highway Patrol".

El Valle de las espadas

Don Sancho (Broderick Crawford) is a despotic 10th century Spanish king who, in cahoots with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Fernán González (Espartaco Santoni).

Robert Penn Warren

All the King's Men became a highly successful film, starring Broderick Crawford and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1949.

Ten-code

Ten-codes, especially "ten-four", first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the popular television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford.


Billy Lee

Lee continued acting throughout the 1930s, appearing in a number of movies and working alongside some of Hollywood's finest, including, Lon Chaney Jr., Roy Rogers, Charles Boyer, Randolph Scott, Olivia de Havilland, John Boles, and Broderick Crawford.

Goliath and the Dragon

La vendetta di Ercole (literally Revenge of Hercules), better known as Goliath and the Dragon, is a 1960 Italian/French international co-production widescreen sword and sandal film starring weight lifter and gymnast Mark Forest in his debut film role and Broderick Crawford.

Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

Later, as Flight 602 prepares to push back from Gate 37-A, Chief Pilot Jenson introduces the captain and first officer—and Second Officer Mike Fuller (Don Meredith)—to United States Marshall Sam Reese (Broderick Crawford) who will be travelling on Flight 602 to pick up a prisoner in Salt Lake City and transport the prisoner to Chicago.


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