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Vice Squad (1953 film)

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'Vice Squad' is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson and Paulette Goddard.. The film is also known as 'The Girl in Room 17'.

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

* Adam Williams as Marty Kusalich

* Edward Binns as Al Barkis

* Barry Kelley as Dwight Foreman

* Jay Adler as Frankie Pierce

* Mary Ellen Kay as Carol Lawson

* Joan Vohs as Vicke Webb

* Lee Van Cleef as Pete Monte

* Harlan Warde as Det. Lacey

* Dan Riss as Lt. Bob Inlay

* Lewis Martin as Police Lt. Ed Chisolm

* Byron Kane as Prof. Bruno Varney

References




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