Shield for Murder

Aug 27, 1954

1h 22m

★ 6.5

Thrill after thrill hits you where you feel it most!

Overview

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Camden Productions Inc.

Shield for Murder Trailers

Cast

Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

Edmond O'Brien

Patty Winters

Marla English

Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster

John Agar

Capt. Gunnarson

Emile Meyer

Beth, Girl at Bar

Carolyn Jones

Fat Michaels

Claude Akins

Cabot, Reporter

Herbert Butterfield

Packy Reed

Hugh Sanders

Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker

William Schallert

The Professor

Richard Deacon

Gambler Being Booked

John Beradino

Detective

Robert Bray

Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married to Elsa (Williams), the sister of John Elliott (Stone), the producer responsible for Corinne's rise to fame. The young woman's head is turned by the praise she receives and, despite John's warning against Robert, she permits the latter to paint her portrait and pay her a good deal of attention. John himself loves Corinne and believes that wisdom will come to her with time.

7.3

Brute Force

Jul 16, 1947

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

4.6

Hitcher in the Dark

Jan 1, 1989

A sick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape and murder.

6.6

Naked Violence

Nov 10, 1969

Some youngsters rape and kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

4.9

Madness

Mar 20, 1980

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

6.9

The Mad Magician

May 19, 1954

Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

6.0

Tower of London

Nov 17, 1939

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.

6.2

Moonrise

Oct 1, 1948

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

7.8

The Face of Another

Jul 15, 1966

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

6.5

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Aug 8, 1951

A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released, and struggles to adjust to the outside world and escape his lurid past. He gets involved with a cheap dancehall girl, and when her protector is accidentally killed, they go on the lam together, getting jobs as farm labourers. But some fellow workers get wise to them.

6.5

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Feb 20, 1947

Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.

6.6

Highway 301

Dec 1, 1950

The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.

6.0

The Mark of the Whistler

Oct 9, 1944

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

5.6

A Piece of the Action

Oct 7, 1977

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.

4.5

A Woman's Devotion

Nov 16, 1956

An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the ex-GI comes to believe he might be responsible, as he has long stretches where he can't remember anything.

6.8

Woman on the Run

Nov 10, 1950

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

7.0

Underworld U.S.A.

Feb 22, 1961

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

6.2

Madhouse

May 22, 1974

A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

5.8

The Terror of the Tongs

Mar 15, 1961

In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.