Movie

Homicide Bureau

Released: January 5, 1939 (1939)

Runtime: 58 minutes

Genres: Drama, Action, Crime

After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Lee Prather as Jamison
Age at release: 50
Moroni Olsen as Captain Haines
Age at release: 49
Gene Morgan as Blake
Age at release: 45
Eddie Fetherston as Specks
Age at release: 42
Norman Willis as Briggs
Age at release: 35
Bruce Cabot as Jim Logan
Age at release: 34
Marc Lawrence as Chuck Brown
Age at release: 28
Robert Paige as Thurston
Age at release: 27
Richard Fiske as Hank
Age at release: 23
Rita Hayworth as J.G. Bliss
Age at release: 20

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Harry Bernard as Joe
Age at release: 60
Wedgwood Nowell as Citizen League Member
Age at release: 60
Joe De Stefani as Miller - the Junk Dealer
Age at release: 59
Dick Rush as Policeman
Age at release: 56
Frank Fanning as Detective
Age at release: 53
Hooper Atchley as Curtis - Crime Lab Technician
Age at release: 51
Stanley Andrews as Police Commissioner
Age at release: 47
Nell Craig as Citizen League Member
Age at release: 47
George Lloyd as Boat Captain
Age at release: 46
Lester Dorr as Gangster Shot by Brown
Age at release: 45
Kit Guard as Henchman at Pier
Age at release: 44
Pat McKee as Henchman at Pier
Age at release: 43
Beatrice Blinn as Secretary
Age at release: 37
Dick Curtis as Radio Broadcaster (voice)
Age at release: 36
George DeNormand as Henchman Trigger
Age at release: 35
Beatrice Curtis as Stewardess
Age at release: 32
Ann Doran as Nurse
Age at release: 27
Stanley Brown as Police Photographer
Age at release: 24
Georgie Cooper as Citizen League Member
Age at release: Unknown
Ky Robinson as Casey
Age at release: Unknown