A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.A man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Anthony Caruso
- Frankie
- (as Tony Caruso)
Hugh Beaumont
- Police Academy Graduate
- (uncredited)
William Challee
- Snorky
- (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
- Police Car Driver
- (uncredited)
Roger Moore
- Police Instructor
- (uncredited)
Arthur Space
- Calvin 'Whitey' Foster
- (uncredited)
Harry Strang
- Police Captain R. C. Johnson
- (uncredited)
William Tannen
- Police Lab Technician Wilson
- (uncredited)
Ray Teal
- Police Lt. O'Neill
- (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
- Chief of Police
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
- Ex-Con Thug
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaPart of the plot for this movie involves planning a second robbery after an officer calls the station from a "call box" to report a burglar alarm. Police call boxes were common for officers to use to report incidents or receive assignments from the late 19th century until the 1960s, by which time the use of police radios were the industry standard.
- GoofsThe 3rd and 4th paragraphs in the Star-Sentinel newspaper article on the liquor warehouse robbery are completely unrelated to the robbery, discussing people present at some social event. [This obviously would not be apparent to viewers in 1945 as the page is on the screen for too short a period of time.]
- ConnectionsFollowed by Purity Squad (1945)
Featured review
Good Cop, Bad Cop-----7/10.
This is the story of a young man who knew what he wanted to be once he graduated from the police academy: a thief. Once Dennis Nordell becomes an officer of the law, his grand scheming falls perfectly into place. Officer Nordell walks his beat through the day and plans robberies of liquor warehouses at night. Because Officer Nordell knows the whereabouts of his fellow officers up to the minute, he can plan without fail many robberies over several weeks.
Once Nordell murders a fellow police officer during a robbery, clues start to fall into place and Nordell starts to head unknowingly into a trap. Police headquarters suspect Nordell, but leave it to Nordell to hang himself while taking charge of the investigation. Nordell complies by tampering with evidence. Nordell goes a step too far by trying to put the finger on a street thug who literally doesn't have the fingers required to leave any fingerprints.
This story plays out like a decaffeinated CSI TV show. You won't have to sit through an hour to see how the robberies get figured out, nor will you have to wade through minutes and minutes of beer and car commercials. Best of all, you won't have to watch guys with perpetual two-day beards in khaki pants solve anything.
It's very dated, but who isn't these days .7/10.
Clark Richards
Once Nordell murders a fellow police officer during a robbery, clues start to fall into place and Nordell starts to head unknowingly into a trap. Police headquarters suspect Nordell, but leave it to Nordell to hang himself while taking charge of the investigation. Nordell complies by tampering with evidence. Nordell goes a step too far by trying to put the finger on a street thug who literally doesn't have the fingers required to leave any fingerprints.
This story plays out like a decaffeinated CSI TV show. You won't have to sit through an hour to see how the robberies get figured out, nor will you have to wade through minutes and minutes of beer and car commercials. Best of all, you won't have to watch guys with perpetual two-day beards in khaki pants solve anything.
It's very dated, but who isn't these days .7/10.
Clark Richards
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- Crime Does Not Pay No. 46: A Gun in His Hand
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- Runtime19 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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