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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.
