Undercover cop falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they double-cross the hood and the cops.
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| Fred MacMurray | ... | Paul Sheridan | |
| Philip Carey | ... | Rick McAllister (as Phil Carey) | |
| Kim Novak | ... | Lona McLane | |
| Dorothy Malone | ... | Ann Stewart | |
| E.G. Marshall | ... | Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom | |
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Allen Nourse | ... | Paddy Dolan |
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A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. He's a pushover. But it won't be easy for Paul to get his hands on the money when he's part of a complex, peeping-tom stakeout. Soon, he's in much deeper than he'd planned, amid atmospheric night scenes. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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6 August 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Killer Wore a Badge See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Detective Schaeffer: The redhead on the third floor?
Detective Harris: Well, you only get out of sweater what you put into, I always say.
Detective Schaeffer: Yeah, you said it twice this morning. Let me have a look.
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Music by Jule Styne (uncredited)
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Philip Carey ogling the nurse through a pair of binoculars, is reminiscent of his character in Mister Roberts (1955), who did the same thing. See more »Goofs
When Lt. Eckstrom explains the layout of the apartment building to the detectives, he points to the apartment where the stakeout will take place, then points to a room just below it and tells the detectives to be sure to avoid contact with the other tenants. The room he points to is a bedroom in the stakeout apartment, so no tenants would be in that room. See more »Quotes
Detective Harris: [Looking at the sexy Ann through binoculars in her apartment] Oooo, man!Detective Schaeffer: The redhead on the third floor?
Detective Harris: Well, you only get out of sweater what you put into, I always say.
Detective Schaeffer: Yeah, you said it twice this morning. Let me have a look.
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There Goes That Song AgainMusic by Jule Styne (uncredited)
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Don't read the reviews comparing it to other films before watching it on it's own merits, which are many. A damn fine Noir which isn't beholding to any other.
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Kim Novak is stunning physically and memorable performance wise.
Fred Mc Murray is excellent on the northern-edge of his leading man days.
The first 3 minutes are perfect.
Really, the first 3 minutes make it worth watching.
LA at night, the land that built noir.
See it. Trust me.