Shield for Murder

“Thrill after thrill hits you where you feel it most!”

Detective Lieutenant Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien) is a hard, restless cop with a badge and a gun who has decided the job has never paid him enough. Howard W. Koch and O'Brien, who codirected, set him against his own partner, Mark Brewster (John Agar), and a captain (Emile Meyer) who is starting to notice him. The story is about a man who uses his authority to take what he wants, then has to live inside the shape he has made of himself.