Mientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con ... Leer todoMientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con los corredores de apuestas locales.Mientras su mujer le insta a abandonar el cuerpo, un detective de homicidios de Los Ángeles busca al asesino responsable del asesinato de su ex pareja, que podría haber estado en el ajo con los corredores de apuestas locales.
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- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 1 nominación en total
- Lili
- (as Gloria De Haven)
- Girl with Sleeper
- (sin créditos)
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That said, this picture holds your interest - it's a good story, when all is said and done. Good acting from start to finish and there are lots of good character actors; John McIntyre, Norman Lloyd, Gloria DeHaven, Jerome Cowan, and many others. I disagree with a reviewer above in that the picture held my interest right to the end, although I am a big fan of noir films. I did think that Van Johnson was a curious choice for the title role. I always thought there wasn't a mean bone in his body, not tough enough to play a detective in a gritty noir.
Lastly, the music director was Andre Previn, and the theme music at the beginning and end was good. He also wrote two songs that were unworthy of him, but they were played in a strip joint and fit into the setting with their trite tunes and lyrics. Despite all of the preceding, I rated it a seven, which means I think it's worth your time.
When a cop is killed with a roll of dough found on him, his fellow officers set out to investigate the crime and clear the man's name.
"Scene of the Crime" is similar in its way to "Dragnet" - it shows the daily grind of detectives as they put together a case. There are a couple of very good scenes, including one in which Mike (Van Johnson) arrests a suspect, and shooting starts when they get outside of the apartment building. Still handcuffed to Mike, the perp jumps into a building stairwell. There's also a good car chase.
For some reason, Van Johnson did these baby-faced tough guys well - perhaps it was his New York accent, but he pulls off the role of the dedicated Mike. He was set to be Elliot Ness in the TV "Untouchables" when his wife Evie called Desi Arnaz the night before and held him up for more money. Arnaz called Robert Stack and told him to report to the set the next day. A friend of mine who has lived in LA for over 50 years and socialized with many stars said that Arlene Dahl was the most beautiful woman of everyone he had met. Seeing her in this, you can believe it. She is a spectacular beauty if her acting in some spots isn't the best. Gloria De Haven, usually a vibrant ingenue, plays against type as a tramp, which makes it interesting.
"Scene of the Crime" is gritty-looking enough but suffers from being slow in spots and loaded with clichés. There isn't anything to make it truly special. That could be because by now, we've seen it all before. Perhaps in 1949, it was fresh. But I have my doubts that even back then, it broke any new ground.
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- TriviaThis film has many actors cast against previous types. Van Johnson had appeared in light comedies and musicals, making him a teen idol at the time. His versatility, proven in this film, would lead to his role in Sangre en la nieve (1949). Gloria DeHaven has previously been cast as sweet, innocent girls, but here she is a stripper and gun moll. Gorgeous Arlene Dahl, formerly a high-paid covergirl before marrying Mike, spurns the glamorous life and tries hard to accept the role the stay-at-home wife of a cop (whom she is desperately in love with, and daily fears losing).
- ErroresWhen Detective Piper introduces the young man that sold the .38 S&W revolver to the cop killer to detective Conovan the man says he sold the gun to a man in a bar. Conovan then assails the man over his getting a lousy eighty bucks for the gun that killed his former partner - lousy in what became of the gun, not the price, easily twice what the gun was worth. But at no time did the man or Piper mention getting that amount for the gun. It appears Piper had already reported in by phone, perhaps via CC, as Conovan did not register the least surprise at him appearing at the headquarters with the former gun owner in tow. And Conovan acted as though he already was familiar with the gist of the pickup, and was on edge and ready to talk hostilely to the young man, even threaten unlawful activities toward him.
- Citas
Sleeper: Naturally, I know you know I know somethin'.
Mike Conovan: I know you know I know you know somethin'.
- ConexionesFeatured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
- Bandas sonorasI'M A GOODY-GOODY GIRL
(uncredited)
Music by André Previn
Lyrics by William Katz
Sung (with partial striptease) by Jean Carter
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Scene of the Crime
- Locaciones de filmación
- 259 E. 5th Street, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(site of Hippo's Coffee Pot)
- Productora
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 761,000 (estimado)
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 34min(94 min)
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1