Vice Squad

What starts out as an assumed car theft which results in the shooting of a police officer turns into a much more involved crime investigation as Captain of the Vice Squad “Barnie” Barnaby (Edward G. Robinson) pulls in favors from a local madam (Paulette Goddard) and tries every trick in the book to get an uncooperative witness Jack Hartrampf (Porter Hall) to spill what he knows. Along the way, the real crime – a bank robbery – gains momentum and is executed, and Barnaby contends with mentally ill neighborhood informants, a kidnapping of a bank employee (Mary Ellen Kay), and manipulating one of the robbers (Adam Williams) who bailed at the last minute into providing information about his cohorts. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)