A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Anthony Caruso
- Frankie
- (as Tony Caruso)
Hugh Beaumont
- Police Academy Graduate
- (uncredited)
William Challee
- Snorky
- (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
- Police Car Driver
- (uncredited)
Roger Moore
- Police Instructor
- (uncredited)
Arthur Space
- Calvin 'Whitey' Foster
- (uncredited)
Harry Strang
- Police Captain R. C. Johnson
- (uncredited)
William Tannen
- Police Lab Technician Wilson
- (uncredited)
Ray Teal
- Police Lt. O'Neill
- (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
- Chief of Police
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
- Ex-Con Thug
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaPart of the plot for this movie involves planning a second robbery after an officer calls the station from a "call box" to report a burglar alarm. Police call boxes were common for officers to use to report incidents or receive assignments from the late 19th century until the 1960s, by which time the use of police radios were the industry standard.
- GoofsThe 3rd and 4th paragraphs in the Star-Sentinel newspaper article on the liquor warehouse robbery are completely unrelated to the robbery, discussing people present at some social event. [This obviously would not be apparent to viewers in 1945 as the page is on the screen for too short a period of time.]
- ConnectionsFollowed by Purity Squad (1945)
Featured review
An early look at police procedures in a "Crime Does Not Pay" short subject...
This is a better than average crime melodrama from the producers of the "Crime Does Not Pay" series of shorts made during the '40s.
Today's movie-goers and TV watchers will find it reasonably interesting but primitive in police methods and forensics, especially if they watch the latest CSI shows using modern methods of detection. Still, watching the police on the trail of a crooked officer who's killed a fellow policeman is compelling material for this short subject.
Naturally, the rogue cop has to pay for his criminal behavior. It's all quickly paced and competently performed by a cast of relatively unknown actors that includes ANTHONY CARUSO (who always reminds me so much of RALPH BYRD, another B-actor who played similar tough guy roles).
Some may find it lacks something in the way the detectives go about their work, but I found it held my interest.
Today's movie-goers and TV watchers will find it reasonably interesting but primitive in police methods and forensics, especially if they watch the latest CSI shows using modern methods of detection. Still, watching the police on the trail of a crooked officer who's killed a fellow policeman is compelling material for this short subject.
Naturally, the rogue cop has to pay for his criminal behavior. It's all quickly paced and competently performed by a cast of relatively unknown actors that includes ANTHONY CARUSO (who always reminds me so much of RALPH BYRD, another B-actor who played similar tough guy roles).
Some may find it lacks something in the way the detectives go about their work, but I found it held my interest.
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- Oct 23, 2008
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- Also known as
- Crime Does Not Pay No. 46: A Gun in His Hand
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- Runtime19 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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