
The Big Combo(1955)
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.


“Thrill after thrill hits you where you feel it most!”
A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.

Edmond O'Brien
Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

Marla English
Patty Winters

John Agar
Det. Sgt. Mark Brewster

Emile Meyer
Capt. Gunnarson

Carolyn Jones
Beth, Girl at Bar

Claude Akins
Fat Michaels

Herbert Butterfield
Cabot, Reporter

Hugh Sanders
Packy Reed

William Schallert
Asst. Dist. Atty. Andy Tucker

Richard Deacon
The Professor
Shield for Murder is a crime, drama film released in 1954 exploring themes of police, detective, film noir, murder, bad cop, black and white. Directed by Howard W. Koch, it stars Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar. A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.
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