A Gun in His Hand

"In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime."

Cast

Tom Trout

as Police Officer Dennis Nordell

Richard Gaines

as Police Inspector Dana

Anthony Caruso

as Frankie

Hugh Beaumont

as Police Academy Graduate (uncredited)

William Challee

as Snorky (uncredited)

Roger Moore

as Police Instructor (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Calvin 'Whitey' Foster (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Police Captain R.C. Johnson (uncredited)

William Tannen

as Police Lab Technician Wilson (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Police Lt. O'Neill (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

as Chief of Police (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Ex-Con Thug (uncredited)

Crew

Joseph Losey

Director

Richard H. Landau

Original Story

Charles F. Royal

Screenplay

Chester M. Franklin

Producer

Max Terr

Music

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Harry Komer

Editor

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Albert Glasser

Orchestrator