Story Line
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
“Only a woman's heart could reach out for such a man!”
Top Cast
Dana Andrews
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon
Gene Tierney
Morgan Taylor
Bert Freed
Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
Gary Merrill
Tommy Scalise
Karl Malden
Det. Lt. Thomas
Tom Tully
Jiggs Taylor
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1950-07-07
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
CrimeDramaThriller
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8/10
•2/25/2020Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them.
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CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/7/2023"Dixon" (Dana Andrews) is an hard-nosed cop who likes to play by his own rules. Needless to say that puts him at odds with his superiors and ultimately leads to his demotion just as his contemporary "Thomas" (Karl Malden) is made lieutenant. Whilst a...