Sinópsis A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Producer Aubrey Schenck said it ‘grossed a lot of money, you wouldn’t believe how much on television it’s made a fortune.’ If the story is a bit hackneyed, the performances, gritty handling and the tough tone help to keep the film interesting. O’Brien is exactly right, and the other names – Agar, English, Akins, Meyer and Jones – add allure. The cast are Edmond O’Brien as Lieutenant Barney Nolan, Marla English as Patty Winters, John Agar as Sergeant Mark Brewster, Emile Meyer as Captain Gunnarson, Carolyn Jones as Girl at Bar, Claude Akins as Fat Michaels, Lawrence Ryle as Laddie O’Neil (billed as Larry Ryle), Herbert Butterfield as reporter Cabot, Hugh Sanders as Packy Reed, David Hughes as Ernst Sternmuller, William Schallert as Assistant District Attorney Andy Tucker, Richard Deacon, Robert Bray, Richard H Cutting, Jack Perry, John Phillips, Stafford Repp, Norman Ollestad and Vito Scotti. But a deaf mute Ernst Sternmuller ( David Hughes) has seen the police detective commit the murder, and now Nolan faces killing again to cover his tracks. He tries to frame everyone else to keep the money to buy a new home for his lounge singer girlfriend, Patty Winters (Marla English). It is based on the novel of the same name by William P McGivern.Įdmond O’Brien plays rogue cop Lieutenant Barney Nolan, a brutal 16-year police detective veteran, who shoots and kills a bookmaker’s runner in the back in a secluded alley one night and steals his $25,000, claiming the bookie was trying to escape arrest. Shield for Murder *** (1954, Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Marla English) – Classic Movie Review 7269Įdmond O’Brien co-directs and stars in the tough, involving and engrossing 1954 film noir crime film Shield for Murder as a crooked police detective.