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The Homicide Squad

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The Homicide Squad
Film poster
Directed by	George Melford Edward L. Cahn
Written by	John Thomas Neville Charles Logue Tom Reed
Based on	The Mob by Henry La Cossitt
Produced by	Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring	Leo Carrillo Noah Beery Mary Brian Russell Gleason George Brent Walter Percival
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Harry W. Lieb
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 29, 1931 (1931-09-29)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Homicide Squad is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by George Melford and Edward L. Cahn and written by John Thomas Neville, Charles Logue and Tom Reed. It is based on a 1928 Henry La Cossitt short story that originally ran in Adventure magazine. The film stars Leo Carrillo, Noah Beery, Sr., Mary Brian, Russell Gleason, George Brent and Walter Percival.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film was released on September 29, 1931, by Universal Pictures.

Plot[edit]

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Cast[edit]

Leo Carrillo as Big Louie Grenado
Noah Beery as Captain Michael Buckley
Mary Brian as Millie O'Dowd
Russell Gleason as Joe Riley
George Brent as Jimmy Buckley
Walter Percival as Proctor
J. Carrol Naish as Hugo
Frank Gallacher as Det Sgt Jerry Harris
Pat O'Malley as Man

References[edit]

^ "The Homicide Squad". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

^ "The Homicide Squad (1931) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

^ Sandra Brennan (2016). "The-Homicide-Squad - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

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Films directed by George Melford

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Films directed by Edward L. Cahn

1930s/1940s

The Homicide Squad (1931)
Law and Order (1932)
Radio Patrol (1932)
Afraid to Talk (1932)
Emergency Call (1933)
Laughter in Hell (1933)
Death Drives Through (1935)
Confidential (1935)
Bad Guy (1937)
Redhead (1941)
The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited)
Main Street After Dark (1945)
Dangerous Partners (1945)
Born to Speed (1947)
The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" (1947)
The Checkered Coat (1948)
I Cheated the Law (1949)
Prejudice (1949)

1950s

The Great Plane Robbery (1950)
Destination Murder (1950)
Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
Two-Dollar Bettor (1951)
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Betrayed Women (1955)
Silent Fear (1956)
Girls in Prison (1956)
The She Creature (1956)
Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
Runaway Daughters (1956)
Flesh and the Spur (1957)
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
Motorcycle Gang (1957)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Jet Attack (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
Inside the Mafia (1959)
Invisible Invaders (1959)
Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
A Dog's Best Friend (1959)

1960s

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