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
Crime Does Not Pay
Gun in His Hand, A (1945)
*** (out of 4)
Nice entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series deals with a corrupt cop. Officer Dennis Nordell (Tom Trout) goes through the police training at the top of his class but his real goal after graduation is using this knowledge to pull off the perfect robberies. Nordell and his gang start knocking off alcohol warehouses but soon a patrolman is killed in action and his plan starts to unravel. This was the forty-six entry in the long-running series and it once again shows why this was one of the most entertaining series out there. Once again we're treated to a very good story with some good twists and nice acting. I'm not sure if fans of today's crime dramas would get too much from this series but fans of older movies certainly will. This episode had a pretty good story as seeing the cop use his knowledge to pull off the crimes was an interesting set up and the film does a nice job at closing things down. As usual, we get some nice action along the way and Trout makes for a good bad guy.
*** (out of 4)
Nice entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series deals with a corrupt cop. Officer Dennis Nordell (Tom Trout) goes through the police training at the top of his class but his real goal after graduation is using this knowledge to pull off the perfect robberies. Nordell and his gang start knocking off alcohol warehouses but soon a patrolman is killed in action and his plan starts to unravel. This was the forty-six entry in the long-running series and it once again shows why this was one of the most entertaining series out there. Once again we're treated to a very good story with some good twists and nice acting. I'm not sure if fans of today's crime dramas would get too much from this series but fans of older movies certainly will. This episode had a pretty good story as seeing the cop use his knowledge to pull off the crimes was an interesting set up and the film does a nice job at closing things down. As usual, we get some nice action along the way and Trout makes for a good bad guy.
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- Jan 1, 2010
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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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