Not part of a collection.
A Gun in His Hand
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.
- Original title
- A Gun in His Hand
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jul 6, 2025 · via TMDB
“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 colleagues 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.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
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 Cahill Wilson
Chief of Police (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Ex-Con Thug (uncredited)
Joseph Losey
Director
Chester M. Franklin
Producer
Charon
Sin Clock
Know Your Money
For a Fistful of Fries
Almost Human
Footsteps in the Dark
Dandupalya
The Night of the Generals
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Motherless Brooklyn
The Perfect Host
Homicide Hunter: Devil in the Mountains
The Newton Boys
Ulvova mylläri
The Heist
Robbing Mussolini
Back to Back
Strapped for Danger
Lemonheads
The Night is Mine
Plunder Road
Heist 88
The Rise
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
The Seven-Ups
The Organization
Ill Manors
Belly
Crime and Punishment
Another Day in Paradise
Panic
The Anderson Tapes
Cradle 2 the Grave
Marlowe
Parker
Detective Knight: Rogue
Thick as Thieves
The Locksmith
Welcome to the Punch
Thirteen at Dinner
Sep 15, 1945
