Vice Squad (1953 film)

Vice Squad
File:Vice Squad 1953 poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arnold Laven
Screenplay by	Lawrence Roman
Based on	the novel Harness Bull by Leslie T. White
Starring	Edward G. Robinson Paulette Goddard K.T. Stevens Porter Hall
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Arthur H. Nadel
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	July 18, 1953 (1953-07-18) (Los Angeles)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Vice Squad is a 1953 police procedural film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson as a police captain with the Los Angeles Police Department and Paulette Goddard as one of his informants.

Plot

A married undertaker having an affair, Jack Hartrampf, is a reluctant eyewitness to the shooting of a Los Angeles cop. He does not wish to testify, but captain of detectives "Barney" Barnaby is just as determined.

After a bank robbery pulled by Alan Barkis and his gang, another policeman is gunned down and a bank teller is taken hostage. Escort agency madam Mona Ross is willing to help Barnaby with the case for a fee.

Barnaby places one of Barkis' partners, Marty Kusalich, under arrest until Marty implicates the real killer. Pete Monte steals a boat in an attempt to get Barkis to freedom, but Barnaby and his lieutenant, Lacey, arrive in the nick of time.

Cast

• Edward G. Robinson as Capt. Barnaby
• Paulette Goddard as Mona Ross
• K.T. Stevens as Ginny
• Porter Hall as Jack Hartrampf
• Edward Binns as Al Barkis
• Adam Williams as Marty Kusalich
• Lee Van Cleef as Pete Monte

External links

• Vice Squad at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Vice Squad at IMDb
• Vice Squad at AllMovie
• Vice Squad at the TCM Movie Database
• Vice Squad film scene on YouTube