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Scene of the Crime is a 1949 American film noir directed by Roy Rowland, starring Van Johnson, and featuring Gloria DeHaven, Arlene Dahl, and Tom Drake. [3] The film's screenplay, by Charles Schnee, is based on a non-fiction article by John Bartlow Martin, "Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders".
Scene of the Crime: Directed by Roy Rowland. With Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake. While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
Late one night, on a Los Angeles city street, a plainclothes policeman is murdered in front of a young couple. When it is learned that the murdered man, Ed Monigan, was robbed of $1,000, police captain Forster suspects that Monigan was on the take and involved in an illicit gambling ring that is operating out of a nearby cigar store, and that ...
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Lieutenant Mike Conovan ( Van Johnson ), a LAPD homicide detective, investigates when Ed Monigan, an older member of his precinct (and former partner), is murdered. The fact that he was carrying $1,000 in cash confirms it wasn't robbery, but instead raises the issue of whether he was on the take.
When assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow plainclothes policeman, Los Angeles cop Mike Conovan (Van Johnson) follows his hunches straight to a burlesque dancer named Lili (Gloria DeHaven...
- Crime, Drama
An investigation into the murder of an LAPD officer raises questions as to whether or not the officer was on the take.
Scene of the Crime is directed by Roy Rowland and adapted to screenplay by Charles Schnee from the story " Smashing the Bookie Gang Members" written by John Bartlow Martin. It stars Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, John McIntire and Leon Ames.
Scene of the Crime (1949) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #SceneoftheCrimeVan Johnson cracks heads and cases in this hardboiled crime thriller costarring Gloria D...
SCENE OF THE CRIME . Directed by. Roy Rowland. United States, 1949. Crime, Drama, Film noir. 94. Synopsis. Homicide detective Mike Conovan investigates the shooting of fellow detective Monigan…who apparrently was moonlighting as guard for a bookie.
