Summaries

When a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks.

A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in sight in order to keep the money to buy a new home for his would-be lounge singer girlfriend.—Ed Lorusso

Details

Keywords
  • shot in the back
  • witness to a murder
  • bookie
  • model home
  • murder made to look like an accident
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
Release date Aug 31, 1954
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Beverly Hills High School - 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Production companies Camden Productions Inc.

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 22m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.75 : 1

Synopsis

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