Vice Squad (1953)

Vice Squad is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson and Paulette Goddard. The film is also known as The Girl in Room 17.

Director – Arnold Laven

Writers – Lawrence Roman (screenplay), Leslie T. White (novel “Harness Bull”)

Cast –
Edward G. Robinson as Capt. Barnaby
Paulette Goddard as Mona Ross
K.T. Stevens as Ginny
Porter Hall as Jack Hartrampf
Adam Williams as Marty Kusalich
Edward Binns as Al Barkis
Barry Kelley as Dwight Foreman
Jay Adler as Frankie Pierce
Mary Ellen Kay as Carol Lawson
Joan Vohs as Vicke Webb
Lee Van Cleef as Pete Monte
Harlan Warde as Det. Lacey
Dan Riss as Lt. Bob Inlay
Lewis Martin as Police Lt. Ed Chisolm
Byron Kane as Prof. Bruno Varney

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Plot

A married undertaker having an affair, Jack Hartrampf, is a reluctant eyewitness to the shooting of a Los Angeles cop. He does not wish to testify, but captain of detectives “Barney” Barnaby is just as determined. After a bank robbery pulled by Alan Barkis and his gang, another policeman is gunned down and a bank teller is taken hostage. Escort agency madam Mona Ross is willing to help Barnaby with the case for a fee. Barnaby places one of Barkis’ partners, Marty Kusalich, under arrest until Marty implicates the real killer. Pete Monte steals a boat in an attempt to get Barkis to freedom, but Barnaby and his lieutenant, Lacey, arrive in the nick of time.