A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.
Tracey Roberts
- Patsy Flint
- (as Tracy Roberts)
Kate MacKenna
- Miss Sparrow
- (as Kate McKenna)
Harry Harvey
- Gas Station Attendant
- (as Henry W. Harvey Sr.)
Madge Cleveland
- Mrs. Thomas - Matron
- (uncredited)
William Fawcett
- Police Pathologist
- (uncredited)
John Indrisano
- Cop on Train Platform
- (uncredited)
Anthony Jochim
- Buckley - Motel Manager
- (uncredited)
Harold Miller
- Customer in Bar
- (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
- Medical Examiner
- (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
- Dunlap - Shop Foreman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal film of Barbara Payton.
- GoofsIn the first scene with Patsy Flint at the bar, her beauty mark (mole) is shown by her right eye; the 2nd scene with Patsy in her apartment shows the beauty mark next to her left eye.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Broadway by Light (1958)
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Coincidences
When a man is found with his face destroyed by fire in a fireplace, the prominent Police Detective Ray Patrick (Paul Langton) is assigned to the case. Soon he captures the singer Eden Lane (Barbara Payton), who was the man´s mistress, and solves the case. Eden is sentenced to prison and while Ray is transporting her by train, she claims that she has just seen her lover alive in a train station. Ray believes the woman and helps her to escape to hunt the man. Meanwhile Police Captain Bert Rawley (Robert Shayne) hunts the couple down.
"Murder Is My Beat" is a flawed but entertaining film-noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The plot has many coincidences and most of the twists are not believable but it is worthwhile watching at least once. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Morto Desaparecido" (The Vanished Dead")
"Murder Is My Beat" is a flawed but entertaining film-noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The plot has many coincidences and most of the twists are not believable but it is worthwhile watching at least once. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Morto Desaparecido" (The Vanished Dead")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Aug 21, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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