Homicide Bureau

Homicide Bureau

58 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Jan. 5, 1939

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.

Homicide Bureau

58 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Jan. 5, 1939

Homicide Bureau
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Homicide Bureau
Directors Charles C. Coleman
Writers Earle Snell

Cast

Rita Hayworth

as J.G. Bliss

Bruce Cabot

as Jim Logan

Marc Lawrence

as Chuck Brown

Richard Fiske

as Hank

Moroni Olsen

as Captain Haines

Norman Willis

as Briggs

Gene Morgan

as Blake

Robert Paige

as Thurston

Lee Prather

as Jamison

Eddie Fetherston

as Specks

Stanley Andrews

as Police Commissioner

Hooper Atchley

as Curtis - Crime Lab Technician

Harry Bernard

as Joe

Beatrice Blinn

as Secretary

Stanley Brown

as Police Photographer

Georgie Cooper

as Citizen League Member

Nell Craig

as Citizen League Member

Beatrice Curtis

as Stewardess

Dick Curtis

as Radio Broadcaster (voice)

Joe De Stefani

as Miller - the Junk Dealer

George DeNormand

as Henchman Trigger

Ann Doran

as Nurse

Lester Dorr

as Gangster Shot by Brown

Frank Fanning

as Detective

Kit Guard

as Henchman at Pier

George Lloyd

as Boat Captain

Pat McKee

as Henchman at Pier

Wedgwood Nowell

as Citizen League Member

Ky Robinson

as Casey

Dick Rush

as Policeman

Lee Shumway

as Police Switchboard Operator

Gene Stone

as Waiter

Charles Trowbridge

as Henley - Committee Spokesman

John Tyrrell

as Jim Henderson - Pool Room Proprietor

William Worthington

as Citizen League Member