''Police Nurse'' is a 1963 American

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directed by

Maury Dexter Maury Dexter (born Morris Gene Poindexter; June 12, 1927 – May 28, 2017) was an American producer and director of film and TV. He worked several times for Robert Lippert and American International Pictures. Life and career Dexter was born in P ...

and written by Harry Spalding. The film stars

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, Oscar Beregi (Jr.), Barbara Mansell, John Holland and

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. The film was released in May 1963, by

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Plot

Cast

as Art Devlin *

as Joan Olson * Oscar Beregi (Jr.) as Dr. Leon Claudel *Barbara Mansell as Irene Kersey *John Holland as Edward Mayhall *

as Capt. Pete Ingersoll *

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as Dr. C. F. Sears *Jerry Murray as Terry *Justin Smith as Pharmacist *

Carol Brewster Carol Brewster (born Miriam Elizabeth Hechler; February 25, 1927 – February 1, 2013) was an American actress and model. After she had a role as a model in a ''Ziegfeld Follies'' film, Brewster's first acting role came in ''The Barkleys of Bro ...

as Mrs. Mayhall

Production

Dexter says the film's title was an idea of Robert L. Lippert who asked Spalding to write a story to suit it. Dexter later wrote "the only problem was... there never was a capacity for a nurse in the police department. We shot the film anyway." Filming took place in January 1963.

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