Policy Man

{{Short description|American film (1938)}}

{{Italic title}}

{{Infobox film

| director = Irwin Franklyn

| producer = Irwin Franklyn,

Hazel Franklyn

| starring = Ethel Moses,
Jimmie Baskett,
Count Bassie,
Ann Harleman,
Henry Wessels

| color_process = black and white

| studio = Creative Films Corporation

| distributor = Sack Amusement Entertainment

| released = {{Film date|1938|07|01|ref1=}}

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Policy Man, is a 1938 American feature film in black and white, and is now a lost film.{{Cite book |last=Koszarski |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NzOhgPs80MC&pg=PA376 |title=Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff |date=2008 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-4293-5 |pages=376 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=3 July 2019 |title=The Policy Man (1938) |url=https://www.frankiemanningfoundation.org/the-policy-man/ |website=Frankie Manning Foundation}} It was advertised as having an "all colored cast",{{Cite news |date=1938-07-11 |title=Roosevelt |pages=10 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121726268/roosevelt/ |access-date=2023-03-27}} featuring Ethel Moses, Jimmie Baskett, and Count Bassie.{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1938 |title=Negro films |work=The Palmetto Leader (newspaper) |url=https://historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/sn93067919/1938-07-30/ed-1/seq-1/ocr/ |oclc=28640893}} It was directed by Irwin Franklyn, and produced by Irwin Franklyn and Hazel Franklyn.{{Cite book |last=Richards |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ |title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1052-8 |pages=133 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=July 30, 1938 |title=Hallejua Star Receives Long Time Contract (Image 1) |pages=1 |work=Twin-City Herald (newspaper) |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90060227/1938-07-30/ed-1/seq-1/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |via=Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities}}