Scene of the Crime (1949)
- Starring:
- Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, (more)
- Director(s):
- Roy Rowland
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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The Dore Schary regime at MGM brought a much-needed dose of stark realism to the venerable studio. Van Johnson sheds his boy-next-door image to play L.A. plainclothes lieutenant Mike Conovan. Determined to bring a cop killer to justice, Conovan will let no man stand in his way -- not even his level-headed superiors. The detective's single-purposed pursuit causes a rift in his marriage to wife Gloria (Arlene Dahl). The film comes very close to the Dragnet school of unadorned, unglamorized police procedure: it adheres to standard MGM formula only in the final reconciliation scene. Officially a Harry Rapf production, Scene of the Crime was completed by another producer when Rapf died during filming. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Van Johnson - Mike Conovan
- Gloria de Haven - Lili
- Tom Drake - C.C. Gordon
- John McIntire - Det. Fred Piper
- Jerome Cowan - Arthur Webson
- Richard Benedict - Turk Kingby
- Robert Gist - Pontiac
- Tom Helmore - Norrie Lorfield
- Billy Dix - Gangster
- Margaret Bert - Woman
- Jimmie Dundee - Captain of Waiters
- William Phipps - Young man
- Ralph Montgomery - Detective
- George Magrill - Detective
- Guy Kingsford - Ballistics man
- William Haade - Lafe Douque
- Charles Regan - Club patron
- Allen Mathews - Detective
- Bette Arlen - Girl
- Jack Shea - Fighter
- William McCormick - Older Man
- Michael Jordan
- Cameron Grant - Fighter
- Mary Jane Smith
- Michael Barrett
- Richard Irving - Doctor
- Charles Wagenheim - Nervous Man
- Ray Teal - Patrolman
- Billy Snyder - Gangster
- Paul Fierro - Detective
- Douglas Carter - Sanitation Man
- Gladys Blake - Voice on tape
- Lucille Barkley - Corrine
- Arlene Dahl - Gloria Conovan
- Norman Lloyd - Sleeper
- Leon Ames - Capt. A.C. Forster
- Donald Woods - Herkimer
- Tom Powers - Umpire Menafoe
- Anthony Caruso - Tony Rutzo
- Romo Vincent - Hippo
- Caleb Peterson - Loomis
- Tony Merrill - Detective
- Thomas E. Breen - Boy
- Eddie Foster - Gangster
- Zon Murray - Gangster
- Mickey McCardle - Detective
- Mickey Kuhn - Ed Monigan
- Don Haggerty - Detective
- Robert Strong - Police stenographer
- Allan Ray - Wounded officer
- Sam Finn - Club patron
- William Tannen - Detective
- Victor Paul - Young Punk
- John Phillips - Doctor
- John R. McKee - Recorder
- G. Pat Collins - Det. Monigan
- Erin Selwyn - Hat Check Girl
- James R. Scott
- Wilson Wood - Gateman
- Minerva Urecal - Woman at crime scene
- Forrest Taylor - Captain of Detectives
- Jeffrey Sayre - Manager of the Fol De Rol
- Mack Chandler - Man on table
- Harris Brown - Doctor
- Ray Bennett - Sheriff Kiesling
- Director(s):
- Roy Rowland
- Writer(s):
- Charles Schnee
- Producer(s):
- Harry Rapf
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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