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Shoot to Kill (1947)

NR 03/15/1947 Crime 1h 4m
47%
User
Score
5.5/10

A Newspaperman... A Grafting Politician... And A Beautiful Girl... In A Story Of Underworld Revenge!

Overview

A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.

William Berke

Director

Edwin V. Westrate

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Russell Wade

Russell Wade

George 'Mitch' Mitchell

Luana Walters

Luana Walters

Marian Langdon (as Susan Walters)

Edmund MacDonald

Edmund MacDonald

Lawrence Dale (as Edmond MacDonald)

Robert Kent

Robert Kent

'Dixie' Logan aka Judge Joel Conroy (as Douglas Blackley)

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Charlie Gill

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

Gus Miller

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

District Attorney John Forsythe

Harry Brown

Harry Brown

Jim Forman

Ted Hecht

Ted Hecht

Al. Collins

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on September 26, 2014

Janitor's Crushed Body Found At Bottom Of Elevator Shaft!

Shoot to Kill (AKA: Police Reporter) is directed by William Berke and written by Edwin V. Westrate. It stars Robert Kent (AKA: Douglas Blackley), Luana Walters (AKA: Susan Walters), Edmund MacDonald and Russell Wade. Music is by Darell Calker and Gene Rodgers and cinematography by Benjamin H. Kline.

When gangster Dixie Logan (Kent) is framed by crooked Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Dale (MacDonald), his wife Marian (Walters) and a reporter, George Mitchell (Wade), set about proving how corrupt Dale is.

You see the phrase poverty row B noir mixed with statements like double crosses and disloyalties, and it pricks up the ears of the film noir fan. Unfortunately Shoot to Kill has gained a small cult fan base without any...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 9, 2023

There's actually quite a lot of meat on the bones of this thriller. When "Dixie Logan" (Robert Kent) is framed for murder by the crooked District Attorney "Dale" (Edmund MacDonald) it falls to Luana Walters ("Marian") to take a job as his secretary and ingratiate herself into his organisation where, with the assistance of the newly befriended investigative reporter "Mitchell" (Russell Wade), she hopes to be able to prove the corruption. Needless to say, there is little jeopardy here - we know from the start who did what, and we can also easily anticipate the denouement and the burgeoning romance that gives "quickie quota" an whole new meaning. The acting is adequate, nothing more, as is the writing, but William Berke does manage to keep this moving along without a surfeit of wasteful dialo...

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