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A Gun in His Hand

1945 | 19m | English

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In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.
Release Date: Sep 15, 1945
Director: Joseph Losey
Writer: Charles F. Royal, Richard H. Landau
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Keywords robbery, criminal investigation, murder investigation
Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Jan 19, 2026
Entered: Apr 30, 2024
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Name Character
Tom Trout Police Officer Dennis Nordell
Richard Gaines Police Inspector Dana
Anthony Caruso Frankie
Hugh Beaumont Police Academy Graduate (uncredited)
William Challee Snorky (uncredited)
Roger Moore Police Instructor (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (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)
Name Job
Harry Komer Editor
Max Terr Music
Charles F. Royal Screenplay
Richard H. Landau Original Story
Jackson Rose Director of Photography
Richard Duce Art Direction
Albert Glasser Orchestrator
Joseph Losey Director
Name Title
Chester M. Franklin Producer
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Geronimo1967
6.0

“Nordell” (Tom Trout) is your ideal policeman. Top of his class, studious and meticulous and destined to go far in the force. We know, however, that he has other plans and that he using his skills and his knowledge of internal procedures to lead a gang on some daring warehouse robberies. His colleag ... ues are baffled until one of their number cottons on to their diversionary the strategy and is gunned down. With police efforts redoubled, can “Nordell” keep pulling the wool over their eyes? It’s part of the “Crime Does Not Pay” series so jeopardy there isn’t, but this is still quite a decent short drama on the ingenuity of both the criminal and the forensic expertise of the scientists. Trout is actually quite effective as the cocksure officer and though the denouement is both rushed and a bit disappointing, it at least sets up a more substantial story to illustrate it’s point.

Jul 06, 2025