A Gun in His Hand

Unrated

9/15/194519m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.

Director:

Joseph Losey

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

robbery
criminal investigation
murder investigation

Cast

Tom Trout

~ as ~

Police Officer Dennis Nordell

Richard Gaines

~ as ~

Police Inspector Dana

Anthony Caruso

~ as ~

Frankie

Hugh Beaumont

~ as ~

Police Academy Graduate (uncredited)

William Challee

~ as ~

Snorky (uncredited)

Roger Moore

~ as ~

Police Instructor (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

~ as ~

Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)

Arthur Space

~ as ~

Calvin 'Whitey' Foster (uncredited)

Harry Strang

~ as ~

Police Captain R.C. Johnson (uncredited)

William Tannen

~ as ~

Police Lab Technician Wilson (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 5 month(s) ago
6
“Nordell” (Tom Trout) is your ideal policeman. Top of his class, studious and meticulous and destined to go far in the force. We know, however, that he has other plans and that he using his skills and his knowledge of internal procedures to lead a gang on some daring warehouse robberies. His colleagues are baffled until one of their number cottons on to their diversionary the strategy and is gunned down. With police efforts redoubled, can “Nordell” keep pulling the wool over their eyes? It’s part of the “Crime Does Not Pay” series so jeopardy there isn’t, but this is still quite a decent short drama on the ingenuity of both the criminal and the forensic expertise of the scientists. Trout is actually quite effective as the cocksure officer and though the denouement is both rushed and a bit disappointing, it at least sets up a more substantial story to illustrate it’s point.