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Shield for Murder (1954)

Director: Howard W. Koch and Edmond O’Brien

Screenplay: Richard Alan Simmons and John C. Higgins from a novel by William P. McGivern

Stars:  Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Marla English, John Agar, Caroline Jones and Claude Akins.

The Pitch: “Let’s turn William McGivern’s best-seller into a movie!”

Tagline: The Story Of A Killer-Cop Who Used His “SHIELD FOR MURDER”

The Overview:  Beware of Spoilers…

When tough cop Detective Nolan (O’Brien) kills a bookie for the 25 grand the bookie is carrying, he thinks there are no witness.  Nolan then learns a deaf/mute man saw the murder.  This leads Nolan down a path of no-return full of murder and mayhem.

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