Homicide Bureau (1939)

6.7/10 58 min Drama Action Crime

Overview

After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.

Cast

Rita Hayworth

J.G. Bliss

Bruce Cabot

Jim Logan

Marc Lawrence

Chuck Brown

Richard Fiske

Hank

Moroni Olsen

Captain Haines

Norman Willis

Briggs

Gene Morgan

Blake

Robert Paige

Thurston

Eddie Fetherston

Specks

Stanley Andrews

Police Commissioner

Hooper Atchley

Curtis - Crime Lab Technician

Harry Bernard

Joe

Beatrice Blinn

Secretary

Stanley Brown

Police Photographer

Nell Craig

Citizen League Member

Dick Curtis

Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Joe De Stefani

Miller - the Junk Dealer

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