Murder Is My Beat

"ONE LOOK from a speeding train! ONE SCREAM from a frightened girl! ONE CHANCE to turn the tables on murder!"

Feb 27 1955 Approved 1h 17m
Film-Noir, Mystery

Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the arresting detectives when she convinces him that she just spotted the murderer outside their train.

Plot

When a man is found with his face destroyed by fire in a fireplace, the prominent Police Detective Ray Patrick is assigned to the case. Soon he captures the singer Eden Lane, who was the man's mistress, and solves the case. Eden is sentenced to prison and while Ray is transporting her by train, she claims that she has just seen her lover alive in a train station. Ray believes the woman and helps her to escape to hunt the man. Meanwhile Police Captain Bert Rawley hunts the couple down.

Written by

Aubrey Wisberg, Martin Field

Directed by

Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast

Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Masthead Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
855
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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