Rogue Cop (1954)

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MGM romantic Robert Taylor turns nasty in this low-budget crime melodrama. Taylor plays a cop who subsidizes his income with bribes and payoffs from various criminals and politicians. Taylor's brother (Steve Forrest), a rookie on the police force, is as honest as his brother is crooked. The younger… More MGM romantic Robert Taylor turns nasty in this low-budget crime melodrama. Taylor plays a cop who subsidizes his income with bribes and payoffs from various criminals and politicians. Taylor's brother (Steve Forrest), a rookie on the police force, is as honest as his brother is crooked. The younger brother witnesses a gangland murder; the killer goes to Taylor, demanding that he buy his brother off. When he realizes that his brother can't be corrupted, Taylor tells the Mob to lay off. An out-of-town torpedo is brought in to rub out both brothers, but he succeeds only in killing the honest sibling. His conscience aroused, Taylor goes after the mob leaders himself; though seriously wounded, he clears his family name. Rogue Cop set something of a schedule record at MGM, with only four months elapsing from the time the story was optioned to the time the film was released. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By: Roy Rowland
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: Jun 17, 1955 Wide

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This is one of the few film noirs made at MGM.

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Cast

            Robert Taylor as Christopher Kelvaney

            Janet Leigh as Karen Stephenson

            George Raft as Dan Beaumont

            Steve Forrest as Eddie Kelvaney

            Anne Francis as Nancy Cortane

            Robert Ellenstein as Sidney Y. Myers

            Robert F. Simon as Ackerman

            Anthony Ross as Father Ahearn

            Alan Hale Jr. as Johnny Stark

            Peter Brocco as Wrinkles Fallon

            Vince Edwards as Langley

            Olive Carey as Selma

            Roy Barcroft as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman

            Ray Teal as Patrolman Mullins

            Jimmy Ames as News Dealer

            Nicky Blair as Marsh

            Nesdon Booth as Detective Garrett

            Paul Brinegar as Clerk

            Paul Bryar as Patrolman Marx

            Benny Burt as Proprietor

            Robert Burton as Inspector Cassidy

            Budd Buster as Parker

            Lillian Buyeff as Gertrude

            Richard Deacon as Stacy

            Paul Hoffman as Clerk

            Russell Johnson as Patrolman Carland

            Mitchell Kowal as Guard

            Connie Marshall as Frances

            Gilda Oliva as Italian Girl

            Milton Parsons as Tucker

            Guy Prescott as Detective Ferrari

            Dick Ryan as Elevator Man

            Dale Van Sickel as Manny

            Joseph Waring as Rivers

            Carleton Young as District Attorney Powell

            Phil Chambers as Detective Dirksen

            Michael Fox as Rudy

            Gene Coogan as Truck Driver

            Dallas Boyd as Patrolman Higgins

            Jarl Victor as Orderly

            Dick Simmons as Detective Ralston

            George Taylor as Dr. Leonard

            Herb Ellis as Barkeep
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