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Kid Glove Killer is a 1942 American crime film, starring Van Heflin as a forensic scientist investigating the murder of a mayor. The B film, the feature-length directorial debut of Fred Zinnemann, was an expanded version of the 1938 Crime Does Not Pay short subject "They're Always Caught".
Kid Glove Killer: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds. Crime lab expert Gordon McKay uses the latest forensic techniques to solve murders in a city plagued by political corruption and mob rackets.
Kid Glove Killer isn't the kind of high-profile film that attracted huge audiences when it first appeared in 1942 but those who saw it recognized it as a first rate B-picture from a talented director.
Kid Glove Killer. Ambitious attorney Jerry Ladimer (Lee Bowman), working for mob boss Matty (John Litel), gets a new mayor (Samuel S. Hinds) elected to help further his own political plans. When...
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Crime lab expert Gordon McKay uses the latest forensic techniques to solve murders in a city plagued by political corruption and mob rackets.
Kid Glove Killer (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Fred Zinnemann’s debut feature, Kid Glove Killer, is a prime example of the period’s transition from lighthearted mysteries a la The Thin Man to the rough, gritty world of wartime noir, combining elements of both into a highly satisfying police procedural.
