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Shield for Murder is a 1954 American film noir crime film co-directed by and starring Edmond O'Brien as a police detective who has become malevolent. It was based on the novel of the same name by William P. McGivern.
Aubrey Schenck (August 26, 1908, New York City – April 14, 1999, Murrieta, California) was an American film producer from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Feb 19, 2017 · A film noir bad cop/good cop violent crime drama starring Edmund O'Brien and John Agar. Marla English is the lady in the middle. This one doesn't pull any...
Shield for Murder doesn’t tiptoe around its subject matter. Dirty cop Detective Lt. Barney Nolan (O’Brien) kills a hoodlum in an alley to steal $25,000 of mob money.
Jul 8, 2018 · Edmond O’Brien plays rogue cop Lieutenant Barney Nolan, a brutal 16-year police detective veteran, who shoots and kills a bookmaker’s runner in the back in a secluded alley one night and steals his $25,000, claiming the bookie was trying to escape arrest.
When Barney returns home, he finds Mark waiting to arrest him for the bookmaker's murder. After Barney implicates himself in Ernst’s death, Mark draws his gun, but Barney knocks it out of his hand and considers killing Mark, but cannot bring himself to do it.
Crime films adopted a more realistic attitude in the 1950s, shifting away from noir romanticism and acknowledging unsavory realities such as police corruption. One of the best 'bad cop' tales is 1954's Shield for Murder, notable for being co-directed by its star, Edmond O'Brien.
