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Shield for Murder (1954)
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27 August 1954 (USA)
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So savage, so stark, so vicious, it'll make your skin crawl! more
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A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in...
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solid b film of not so solid cop
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Edmond O'Brien | ... | Det. Lt. Barney Nolan |
 | Marla English | ... | Patty Winters |
| John Agar | ... | Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster |
| Emile Meyer | ... | Capt. Gunnarson |
 | Carolyn Jones | ... | Beth, Girl at Bar |
| Claude Akins | ... | Fat Michaels |
| Lawrence Ryle | ... | Laddie O'Neil (as Larry Ryle) |
| Herbert Butterfield | ... | Cabot, Reporter |
| Hugh Sanders | ... | Packy Reed |
| William Schallert | ... | Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker |
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82 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Stafford Repp's first film.
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Boom mic visible: At the beginning of the movie, as Nolan pulls his first victim into the alley, the shadow of the boom mic is clearly visible on the wall behind them.
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One of those B movies of the fifties, while not great, that is always enjoyable. O'Brien plays detective who is sick of struggling and wants some big dough quick and easy. He murders a stoolie who has $25,000 on him. His longtime partner and friend, Agar, doesn't want to believe his friend could commit such a heinous crime, but all evidence points in that direction. Agar is good as frustrated detective. The funniest scene in the film is Akins pursuing O'Brien through school corridors with his head all bandaged up from blows O'Brien inflicted earlier. Marla English is almost Elizabeth Taylorian in her looks as girlfriend of O'Brien, although I'm not sure what his appeal is.