Rogue Cop (1954) is a film noir directed by Roy Rowland, based on the novel by William P. McGivern (1954), and starring Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, and George Raft.
The film tells of Christopher Kelvaney (Taylor) a crooked police officer who is not timid to take bribes and payoffs from criminals and other nefarious folk. His brother Eddie (Forrest) is a young member of the police force and is honest and uncorrupted.
In a penny arcade, a drug deal...
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Rogue Cop (1954) is a film noir directed by Roy Rowland, based on the novel by William P. McGivern (1954), and starring Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, and George Raft.
The film tells of Christopher Kelvaney (Taylor) a crooked police officer who is not timid to take bribes and payoffs from criminals and other nefarious folk. His brother Eddie (Forrest) is a young member of the police force and is honest and uncorrupted.
In a penny arcade, a drug dealer is stabbed to death by a man who claims the territory for himself, and Eddie witnesses a gangland murder. The murderer goes to Kelvaney and asks to buy his brother off. When Christopher Kelvaney realizes that his brother won't change his testimony he tells the mob to leave his brother alone.
An out-of-town button-man is brought in to kill both brothers, but he succeeds only in killing Eddie. His conscience aroused, Kelvaney goes after the mob leaders himself.
Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This is...
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