Scene of the Crime (1949)
- Directed by
- Roy Rowland
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police detective investigates a murder and uncovers a network of organized crime. He works through a series of leads and suspects to bring the criminals to justice.
grittytenseproceduralrealisticnoirishearneststraightforward
What happens
Scene of the Crime is a 1949 American police procedural directed by Roy Rowland, starring Van Johnson, and featuring Gloria DeHaven, Arlene Dahl, and Tom Drake. The film's screenplay, by Charles Schnee, is based on a non-fiction article by John Bartlow Martin, "Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders". It was the only property sold by Martin to be made into a film. Scene of the Crime was producer Harry Rapf's last film of his thirty-plus year career; he died of a heart attack a week after principal photography for the film began. According to film critic Dennis Schwartz: "[The film is one of the] few film noirs attempted by MGM. It came when Dore Schary was the studio head and insisted on producing more realistic films. This is a transitional film from the 1930s gangster film and a forerunner of the modern day TV cop show. It preaches the credo that 'Crime Does Not Pay'." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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