A Gun in His Hand

A Gun in His Hand

19 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 15, 1945

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.

A Gun in His Hand

19 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 15, 1945

A Gun in His Hand
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Gun in His Hand
Directors Joseph Losey
Writers Charles F. Royal, Richard H. Landau

Cast

Tom Trout

as Police Officer Dennis Nordell

Richard Gaines

as Police Inspector Dana

Anthony Caruso

as Frankie

Hugh Beaumont

as Police Academy Graduate (uncredited)

William Challee

as Snorky (uncredited)

Roger Moore

as Police Instructor (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Calvin 'Whitey' Foster (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Police Captain R.C. Johnson (uncredited)

William Tannen

as Police Lab Technician Wilson (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Police Lt. O'Neill (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

as Chief of Police (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Ex-Con Thug (uncredited)