Rogue Cop

Rogue Cop
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Roy Rowland
Produced by	Nicholas Nayfack
Written by	Story: William P. McGivern Screenplay: Sydney Boehm
Starring	Robert Taylor Janet Leigh George Raft Steve Forrest Anne Francis Alan Hale, Jr.
Music by	Jeff Alexander
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Editing by	James E. Newcom
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	September 17, 1954
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Critical reception
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links

Plot

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.

Cast

Robert Taylor as Det. Sgt. Christopher Kelvaney
Janet Leigh as Karen Stephanson
George Raft as Dan Beaumonte
Steve Forrest as Eddie Kelvaney
Anne Francis as Nancy Corlane
Robert Ellenstein as Det. Sidney Y. Myers
Robert F. Simon as Ackerman
Anthony Ross as Father Ahearn
Alan Hale, Jr. as Johnny Stark
Peter Brocco as George 'Wrinkles' Fallon
Vince Edwards as Joey Langley
Olive Carey as Selma
Roy Barcroft as Lt. Vince D. Bardeman
Dale Van Sickel as Manny
Robert F. Simon as Ackerman
Ray Teal as Patrolman Mullins

Critical reception

Film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This is not a new thesis. They've been making movies on it for years. And Rogue Cop is not so exceptional in its construction or performance that it is likely to cause surprise. But it is a well-done melodrama, produced and directed in a hard, crisp style, and it is very well acted by Robert Taylor in the somewhat disagreeable title role...For what it is in the line of crime pictures, there's a lot to be said for Rogue Cop."^[2]