Shield for Murder

IMDb link: 0047479
IMDb rating: 6.8 (2,217 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch
Cast: John Agar, Emile Meyer, Marla English and others

Release date: 1 Sep 1954
Release year: 1954
Runtime: 82 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: shot in the back, witness to a murder, bookie, model home, murder made to look like an accident, written testimony, pistol whipped, man slaps woman, deaf mute, changing into a police uniform

Plot:

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.

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