Feature1945·19m·6.1

A Gun in His Hand

CrimeDrama

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.

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Cast

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)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Loew's Incorporated

Crew

Director

Joseph Losey

Writers

Richard H. Landau, Charles F. Royal

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Harry Komer

Editor

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/6/2025

6.0

“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.