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Rogue Cop ()

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After witnessing a murder, honest cop Eddie Kelvaney is silenced by gangster Dan Beaumonte, prompting Eddie's brother, Detective Chris Kelvaney, to search for the killer.
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Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
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Karen Stephanson
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Dan Beaumonte
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Eddie Kelvaney
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Nancy Corlane
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Det. Sidney Y. Myers
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Ackerman
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Father Ahearn
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Johnny Stark
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George 'Wrinkles' Fallon
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Joey Langley
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Selma
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Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
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Manny
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Patrolman Mullins
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News Dealer (uncredited)
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Marsh (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth ...
Det. Garrett (uncredited)
Dallas Boyd ...
Patrolman Higgins (uncredited)
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Arcade Clerk (uncredited)
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Patrolman Marx (uncredited)
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Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
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Insp. Adrian Cassidy (uncredited)
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Parker (uncredited)
Lillian Buyeff ...
Gertrude (uncredited)
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Det. Dirksen (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ...
Waiter at Turf Club (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Stacey (uncredited)
Herbert Ellis ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Rudy (uncredited)
Paul Hoffman ...
Clerk (uncredited)
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Patrolman Carland (uncredited)
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Guard (uncredited)
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Frances (uncredited)
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Turf Club Patron (uncredited)
Gilda Oliva ...
Italian Mother (uncredited)
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Tucker - Interrogated 'Creep' (uncredited)
Guy Prescott ...
Det. Ferrari (uncredited)
Dick Ryan ...
Elevator Man (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Parker (uncredited)
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Det. Ralston (uncredited)
George Taylor ...
Dr. Leonard - Coroner (uncredited)
Jack Victor ...
Morgue Orderly (uncredited)
Joseph Waring ...
Rivers (uncredited)
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Dist. Atty. Powell (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roy Rowland

Written by

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Sydney Boehm ... (screen play)
 
William P. McGivern ... (based on the novel by)

Produced by

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Nicholas Nayfack ... producer

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Jeff Alexander

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John F. Seitz ... director of photography (as John Seitz)

Editing by

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James E. Newcom

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Cedric Gibbons
Hans Peters

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F. Keogh Gleason ... (as Keogh Gleason)
Edwin B. Willis

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Helen Rose ... (costumes: women)

Makeup Department

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup artist

Production Management

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William Dorfman ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ridgeway Callow ... assistant director
Robert Saunders ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Wesley C. Miller ... recording supervisor
John Logan ... sound (uncredited)
Finn Ulback ... sound (uncredited)
Charles E. Wallace ... sound (uncredited)

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A. Arnold Gillespie ... special effects

Stunts

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Dale Van Sickel ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunt double: Robert Taylor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Bronislau Kaper ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
André Previn ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
David Rose ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... script supervisor
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Plot Summary

Detective Chris Kelvaney has a brother, Eddie, who also is a policeman. He witnessed a murderer running away from the scene of the crime. Chris has contacts with the gangster Beaumonte, who is willing to pay $15,000 if Eddie withdraws his testimony. But Eddie is an honorable cop and refuses. Beaumonte makes sure that Eddie is killed. After his death, Kelvaney starts to track down his brother's killer. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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Taglines Temptation is a thing called money and a red-lipped blonde ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Kelvaney (United States)
  • Sur la trace du crime (France)
  • Prisionero de su traición (Spain)
  • Sur la trace du crime (Belgium, French title)
  • Het misdaad syndicaat (Netherlands)
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  • 92 min
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Budget $695,000 (estimated)

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Trivia In 1958, MGM reissued this film on a double bill with King Solomon's Mines (1950). See more »
Goofs When Father Ahearn comes to the police station to talk to Chris, he puts his right hand on Chris's left shoulder in the over-the-shoulder shot, but the cut to the master reveals his left hand on Chris's right shoulder. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in I Dream of My Friends (1993). See more »
Quotes Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney: I know who you are and what league you played in... you were Frankie Nemo's girl weren't you?
Karen Stephanson: Yes.
Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney: [Sarcastically] Yass, yass... that all you have to say? Where's the cute story? Didn't he hold a mortgage on the old plantation... Wasn't he threatening the virtue of your little sister... That kind of routine? I go for cute stories.
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