Shield For Murder (1954)
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- Shield for Murder 1954 full movie. Exciting film noir crime drama starring Edmond O'Brien as Lieutenant Barney Nolan a corrupt police detective who has been a cop for 16 years. John Agar is very impressive as Sgt. Brewster, "Barney's" pal and one time protege.
review by Broken Trout 
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Detective Lt. Barney Nolan played by Edmond O'Brien, gives a very hard-edged performance and his character is completely unlikable. He descends into violent desperation. After a few drinks in a spaghetti bar he meets incredible looking Carolyn Jones, a few minutes later he beats the crap out of the mugs that want their money back. Shield For Murder is a fast-paced crime drama that builds to an exciting climax. This is a better than average cop film that holds up very well today. For fans of Noir, like myself, it's a must-see.
PTAblues Except, that the Shield for Murder is a cop's badge, bringing the whole precinct into disrepute.
Yes Karin, I should say so!
I dont think Ive seen it!!! Im so excited!
Who cares what some dame thinks!
I enjoyed your commentary. I plan to watch "DOA"!
Edmond O'Brien, he is in his element here. When it comes to hard hitting nail biting thrillers there's nobody better.
I think Claude Akins was one of the most underrated actors of his time, Always had to play 2nd fiddle. Great flick btw,thx for the upload.
THESE OLD FILMS ARE SO GOOD,THANK YOU
Always interesting to see actors directing themselves in a movie of their own. O'Brien wasn't afraid to show himself as a thoroughtly despicable character, raw and brutal with only a few soft edges. The movie itself is lean and fast-paced, and well played all around.
but the end was a bit pathetic. he ended up firing into space knowing he was going to die
He played a thoroughly despicable character a year before, Casca in Julius Caesar.
Trust Edmond O'Brien to give us a good performance. I've never seen a movie with him in which he didn't play the part well. And he could deliver a line as good as anybody. Too bad he was never as popular as, say, Bogart, but he was a hell of an actor. AND, film noir was his medium.
I agree. O'Brien was a great actor, who didn't quite make it to the top table. He was one of my favourites as a kid, and I still look out for his movies today.
He could play comedy as well as noir.
I like O'Brien and although I am young, I enjoy his films and especially his acting. The man is not the typical "handsome jock" type but his acting is always superb. I will admit, however, that I do not like to see him on the other side of the law.
Hi Gilda. Interesting post.
From Wiki ; "In 1949, 3,147 members of the Young Women's League of America ... voted that O'Brien had more 'male magnetism' than any other male in America today".
I don't like him on the wrong side of the law either. Makes me uncomfortable in my choice of him as a hero.
"D.O.A." and "White Heat" are two other excellent noirs.
He won a best supporting actor for his role opposite Humphrey Bogart
in "The Barefoot Contessa", so he could act.
Gilda Marlowe
Interesting observations about preferring Edmond O'Brien playing the good guy. Maybe it's because he's so convincing as sympathetic characters that seeing him as a one-note villain seems a waste of his talent.
What a great movie. Beats all the filth and perversion in all the movies today.
I hear that !
So, a cop cheating on his girlfriend, beating her, and murdering two people isn't "filth and perversion"
@@pillettadoinswartsh4974 It is presented in a clean way. We don't get an anatomy lesson or voyeuristic pornography when he is cheating on his girlfriend, we don't get over the top wife beating gratuitous violence, and we don't get gore and blood and guts thrown across the screen like a chicken slaughter like we get from today's movies. It tells the story without being graphic. Yes, the character and what he is portrayed to have done is filth and perversion, but we don't have to watch him do it. If you can't see the difference, then I don't know what else to say. A toilet saleslady doesn't have to watch her customers go to the bathroom to know what they use the toilet for. It's called imagination.
@@bluenetmarketing just more subtle and cleansed.
because you know who runs hollywood now.. expect nothing but filth.
Love Edmond O Brien ever since his seminal role in D.O.A. Great actor, can play any part.
He died an awful death after succumbing to dementia. He was a heavy drinker, apparently, and maybe that hastened his mental decline.
@@johnhardman3 Poor guy. I hate hearing that.
@@johnhardman3 I noticed between his role in D.O.A. and this one how his face looked puffier and I did some research to find out if he was an alcoholic and your comment confirmed it!
johnhardman3 He also co-directed this movie. He did a great job. He's in lots of gripping movies. His performances haven't dated at all.
@@jordanabeaulieu2530 it might not be wise to rely on a RUclips comment to confirm your research on any topic. I would think a RUclips comment might be a starting point that you would then confirm the information in the youtube comment
I really like Edmund O'Brien. He was made for Film Noir! Good flick....
He WAS! Truly a quality actor.
O'Brien made a lot of 50's film noir/crime movies. I recently saw him a police action flick where he played a cynical patrol cop (but honest) who believed all punks, thugs, and criminals were guilty until proven innocent. Side note: he was great in Seven Days in May.
@@arneldobumatay3702 ; and D.O.A.
Lumpy’s old man and Morticia too.
I remember when he died his daughter said he was the kindest person she ever knew. I thought that was cool since he always played such tough characters.
It stands up very well even today - excellent film. Thanks
Great film Edmond O'Brian top actor underrated . thanks for the upload..
You are welcome gene (sweet gene vincent) I just uploaded "The hitch hiker" with Edmond.
Black n White movies are the bee's knees keep them coming 😀
I will do that Mr. Sloan Old movies rule.
Ditto👍Old movies rock♥️
or cat's meow .
I LOVE " the bee's knees"!!! 😄😄
@ A J Soleil
The full phrase I heard growing up was "the bee's knees and the cat's pyjamas"!
Excellent drama. Good performances all round and exciting finale!
Thanks.
My favorite Edmond O'Brien movie is DOA but I always enjoyed watching him and still do. Thank you so much for making these great old movies available to us!
I had forgotten all about Carolyn Jones. She fit the part very well. 😊
I can't remember these movie stars but I like the movie. I guess that Carolyn Jones is Morticia.
She did
The "bad cop" film-noir's were always good, like "Private Hell 36" and "Where The Sidewalk Ends". The best noir's were 1945-1950, but the 1951-1955 period was good too. Past that the feel changed although there was still a few notables. By the way, Edmond O'Brien was born to do these films. A superb actor. By the way, there actually is a relatively small house in Beverly Hills at 466 S. Camden Drive. It sold for almost $5M.
Some nail biting scenes. Some are quietly menacing. Others sheer mayhem. Many are of extreme and disturbing brutality. A film I could watch only once.
Edmund O'Brien carries the film as both leading character and director. Ably supported by number of convincing performers. Thanks for making it available.
For me, the worst moment came when the deaf-mute opened the door to Barney Nolan.
Man, I had forgotten how the old police sirens sounded. Edmond playing a bad cop, wow! Good movie! Love the hats, the cars, and those great looking White walls! Thanks for posting! 👍✌
Your welcome Mary. thanks for the comment.
The firemen let me turn on their old mechanical siren. I loved them. I'd get up in the truck and press the big button on the floor. I was a junior fireman.
The suits the hats the the italian shoes the 38's the cigerettes the broads they. Had it all
O’Brien was a very good actor. I discovered his films only a few years ago. This is a treat, as I have not seen it before
They say dead men tell no tales, but here, Ernst Sternmuller, the deaf-mute left a story. Great movie...!
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
Thank you so much for this brilliant movie Edmund o'brien can act any part...you always know your in for an interesting movie...😁
I didn't think I would like this movie but it was very well done, and give credit to Edmond O'Brien as co-director. And it was good to see Carolyn Jones, who could take a small roll and make you notice. She was such an excellent actress.
And there was at least one man who couldn't stop his amorous kisses when she spoke French.
@@billolsen4360 haha, that would be Gomez
@@jaycompany4886 Yes! "Ahhh, Tish, you know when you speak French it drives me WILD."
Edmond's eyes really show his emotions; especially in the car chase on the way to the model house. A great movie!
The most amazing thing about Edmond O'Brien is that he was blind in one eye and had limited sight in the other.
Blind in one eye couldn't see out of the other?
DD same as me
Nothing like the old movies when Hollywood really had people who could act.
O'Brien co-DIRECTED ? A nice surprise at the end, no one else seemed to notice - anyhoo, super-swell performances, camera work, a fine taut script, and a couple of great lookin' tomatoes - my humble thanks to Mr. Trout up there for this beaut - big fun !
Edmond played a great role in great movie. Older films are gem their conception sript players were just marvelous.noir movie have every time new flavor and unkown story ....hats off to Noir for building exciting climax
Thanks for like
All I can say is a sincere thank you for posting this cinematic gem. I Love Film Noir, I love Edmond O'Brien, and I have never seen this masterpiece til now. Greatly appreciated. Well played Sir.
Well, I have to underline every word you wrote. I have the same feelings about this picture. It's really gripping in every way. Well acted in every part, especially Edmond O'Brian. A cinematic gem truely. Thanks a lot for posting this! Best wishes here from Germany :-)
Edmond O'Brien certainly was one-of-a-kind he was one of the best actors ever I love every movie he played in
He was great at playing drunks like the Senator in Seven Days in May and the newspaper editor in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
I love the scenes where one bullet kills a person...and the music is epic. Good movie.
To Broken Trout : - ) Another great film ... sure do appreciate being able to view these Movies
Thanks right back at you alan, for taking the time to watch.
Ditto!
Love Edmund O'Brien.
Brilliant film.
Thankyou for posting.
Xx
You are welcome. thanks.
Delighted to see Richard Deacon in a small role. A truly great character actor who could make mere seconds onscreen count.
Richard Deacon, I was trying to recall his name! Thank you!
He was 'Mel' in the early '60s "Dick Van Dyke Show": he was made to play sardonic characters like the one in this picture.
Leave it to Beaver too.
@@freedomring4813 Right you are, Squire!
@@freedomring4813 the mothers inlaw with eve arden
An excellent film from the golden age of noir. Thank you. Like all film noir it is about desperate characters trying to grab a piece of the American Dream and failing.
"...the American Dream, when it becomes a nightmare" (Hemingway: "To Have And Have Not" (1937)).
I enjoyed seeing John Agar in something other than the 1950's sci-fi movies that he did so many of. Thanks for this movie.
Welcome. I think it was before John started really hitting the bottle.
carolyn jones
Agar was a good actor but ended-up in some truly awful stuff, and then he was a drunk. It seems that he didn't have too many regrets about how things had gone, according to something he wrote just before he died.
So , that guy clubs those two in the restaurant and no one does nothing.
@@johnhardman3
Went out like a Jimmy Cagney movie, Edmond O'Brien such a quality actor.
Dear Edmund O’Brian great actor overlooked by Hollywood given roles others would have passed by this time he had been around long enough to play any role and direct that he could probably do to love his work .
Great movie that I hadn't seen before. Ed. O'Brien was a talented actor largely forgotten today except by old movie buffs.
Great film. One of the edgier 50s noirs I've seen, with some surprising action scenes. The shootout in the crowded swimming pool was like something Scorsese would do.
The Beverly Hills High School "Swim Gym" was built in 1939. Used for many filming location for movies.
lol you mean something like scorsese would copy...
@@QualityModelRailroad Bingo. I'm really getting sick of people who bash Tarantino for copying, and give a pass to their chosen gods, Scorsese, Spielberg, Fincher, whoever.
As Jean-Luc Godard said: “It's not where you take things from ▬ it's where you take them to."
True artists steel honestly, and put their own mark on a scene they were inspired to reimagine. Hacks just copy without giving anything original to it.
In that sense, I think all those directors I mentioned should be given licence to steal ideas, because they do reinvent the works they copy from sufficiently. But they aren't completely innocent of the charges of artistic theft either!
B. James: Yes. But they did it first.
...I was waiting and hoping the water would turn pink.
Excellent film! And co-directed by Edmond O'Brien, I'm very impressed! I recognized Claude Akin and William Schallert right away, but it took me a while to place Carolyn Jones (her blonde look threw me off, I always think of her with black Morticia Addams' hair). The story had quite a bit of moral complexity. Nolan had his good side (tender with his gf, mentoring that young offender with good advice), but his corruption and hot temper took over and destroyed him. I had never seen this movie before, it's now one of my favorite films noir!
This is a good one. Great performances by Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, and Marla English.
Thanks for checking it out debra.
She is stunning 😍
Fast paced thriller, unpredictable, good acting, great entertainment and a morality lesson to boot. Should be better known.
Thanks for the upload, great movie. I was hooked on old westerns now I'm getting hooked on noir. The 50's movies seem to be some of the best ever made.
You are very welcome dwsherm1. I agree with you about the 1950s era films, I think a lot of people feel the same way.
Definitely one of the best O Brian performance. Rotten the core and desperate.
Another of Edmund O'Brien's great roles, on par with "fantastic voyage", "the bigamist", "DOA", "the barefoot contessa", "seven days in may ".
Edmond was a very under rated talented actor in everything he did be it radio,tv, movies and stage. He kicked cinematic ass even in The Wild Bunch along side a great ensemble of actors even stealing a few scenes !! RIP Yours Truly Johnny Dollar !
edmond pulls off a manic performance as the lead actor...and then you find out he directed the whole mayhem...he was amazing and film noir was his strong suit. he wasn't a tall, slim carved heavy like his other noir contemporaries, and a little chubby in the chin, but this makes him all the more like us in real life, and yes some of us secretly hope he will get away with all his crimes...the entire cast was brilliant, and i've noticed with ida lupino or o'brien as director....the entire cast is always top-notch. it doesnt matter if you have two lines or forty...
Edmond O'Brien did a terrific job in the director's chair.
Good one! O'brien is always fun to watch. My favorite so far is D.O.A. Marla English as Patty is particularly delightful at age 19. Wow!
What great character actors in this movie. In addition to Carolyn Jones, you have Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara from the 1960s "Batman" TV series) as one of the detectives, William Schallert (from "The Patty Duke Show") as the assistant DA, Vito Scotti as the bartender, Richard Deacon (from "The Dick Van Dyke Show") as the man studying business, and Claude Akins (from the TV series "Movin' On" and "Sheriff Lobo") as one of the private detectives.
metsie metsie Vito Scotti is always funny. He in several Columbo
Absolutely brilliant. Great performance from Edmond O Brien.
I'll be damned!!! Claude Akins! A fine actor who was in many great TV shows. RIP Claude
Barney looks a lot older than 35 .... more like 55 !! John Agar excellent as his younger pal. Reminds me of old tv series 'The Untouchables' with Elliot Ness.
Always loved Morticia cutting the beautiful flowers off her roses. Funny as heck.
Oh Yes I have loved him since D.O.A Also he is a GREAT actor...I love him in any thing he plays. Thank You! 💕😊
Carolyn Jones is wonderful here as usual. She was so exotically beautiful and she could act too, I think one of her greatest roles is as the love interest in King Creole with Elvis.
Love the scene at the pool--the guy playing the lifeguard deserved an Oscar!
Excellent Film. I always liked Edmond O'Brien's acting and movies especially D.O.A. Thanks for the excellent upload. Out.
Your welcome, thanks for watching. I do have D.O.A. here also.
TIOMKIN1 Yep, I also liked him in 711 Ocean Drive.
@@BrokenTrout, I saw D.O.A in my 20's and it really "sucked me in"! On a late night TV that showed film noir without the majority audience that didn't have a clue what film noir was! The term was not used by 'regular" movie goers that termed them "detective stories" or "cops and robbers". "Naked City" was a breakthrough for TV in that it had great writing, top-notched acting and directing/producing. Mom allowed me to watch, thinking I was mature enough or she was asleep!
An excellent find of the genre. Thank you.
Your welcome.
That scene where Ed O'Brien beats the thugs in the restaurant with his gun, has got to be one of the most violent scenes ever done in a movie up to that time (1954) . Nothing by todays standards, but I am surprised the censors let that stay in !
Yeah! THAT one scene got me by surprise totally. Right in front of everyone.
Outstanding movie! Great actor, Edmond O’Brien!
I love how the model home in 1954 is decorated and outfitted..... what a time capsule,,,,
Nice noir moment 55:50 - 56:16. That burnt down runaway cop speech is my favorite little piece of this movie. Thanks for posting!
No problem, I like old Edmond.
In January 1971 I was driving over Donner Pass in a major blizzard and saw Edmond O'brien on the side of the highway down on his hands and knees putting chains on the tires of his pink Cadillac.
For real? What a cool story! Did you stop to help? :)
Edmond O'Brien did well in this fine movie. The newspaperman in the police station was (Herb)ert Butterfield, a well known actor on radio.
I did not know that, thanks for the info.
Superb acting by Edmond O'Brien.
Great flic, sir. It reminds me of the old days when life was alot less complicated.
Thank you Sir.
Eddie, Yeah, I always think of the past as being less complicated or somehow less stressful than now. But it is normal for people to idealize the past. Here is the real world of 1954: (1) Massive polio epidemics---and it was more lethal and disabling than COVID-19; (2) Nuclear arms race with the USSR; (3) Korean War fighting just ended, with a truce; (4) huge problems in desegregating schools and fighting for minority civil rights in the South; (5) juvenile crime spree across major cities was a major national topic; (5) air and water pollution had reached intolerable levels---Los Angeles smog killed tens of thousands every year; (6) there was still a housing shortage in many areas of the country as WW2 vets tried to adjust to civilian life.
(7) American adults had high death rates due to smoking, alcoholism, poor diet, and heavy pollution & accidents in industrial workplaces----The USA was much more industrialized than now.
Ok, Boomer
Amen!👍
That's a laugh!😆 I tell you Hollywood always created good fantasy.
Good Movie!! Oh God Man, I never seen somebody almost choke on His Spaghetti like that!!! It was great!!!
Good movie!! Great 50's cars , good actors and actresses
,fast moving. Thanks for posting!!
Carolyn Jones should have been a bigger star, she was great in King Creole with Elvis too.
Agreed!
Here she´s a blonde. Remember her when she had long BLACK hair and was married to John Astin on the t.v. show "The Adams Family"? Her character´s name was "Morticia".
@@katherinehine4153 of course
Good stuff Broken Trout. Exciting movie. Excellent direction, story line, script and acting. The music was very well suited to keep the tension consistently high. Very nice clear, clean picture. Thanks for posting this Broken Trout. Joe L, I'm on board with you.
"I 'll bet you a week's worth of showers"
Thank You for this incredible ❤ 💜 🎥 🎞 📽 🎬!!!
thanks for posting! great movie, quality work 👏👏👏
I agree, good stuff. thank you for watching the film.
So many actors in uncredited roles who went on to become well-known in their own right.
Vito Scotti (Nazorine the baker in The Godfather); Stafford Repp (Chief O'hara in Batman); Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley in The Dick Van Dyke Show); John Beradino (General Hospital); Robert Bray (Lassie); and William Boyett, who played a cop in virtually every film and TV show he ever appeared in (Dragnet/Highway Patrol/Adam-12).
Outstanding comment @Michael Mantle Thank you for the great info contribution, I love this stuff.
Nice list! And don't forget a very young Claude Akins who had a long career playing mostly heavies. Nice to see him in this too, although he got his head bashed in and was shot in a gymnasium.
Michael Mantle: ... and Chief in I Want To Live as a detective - The Barbara Graham Story
Don’t forget Carolyn Jones (Addams Family of the 60’s) and Claude Akins of many 50’s and 60’s westerns.
Also Patty Duke’s dad (the D.A.).
Like 1950's D.O.A., a classic film noir starring Edmond O'brien. Quite excellent. And especially poignant given the attention that such lack of proper judgment aka corruption/brutality by too many for too long is finally getting. Thanks for posting.
Classic film. The essence of film noir. A beautiful movie. The scene where the troubled detective is shown how to be tough by the bar escort is brilliant acting by Carolyn Jones (!). Yes, the mike boom shadow at 0.58; why was that left in by the editor and co-director,Mr. O'Brien?
Yessss I saw that! Bad editing.
Extremely excellent written by the Brilliance of the author, well played by all Crews, excellent cinematography, audio sound quality and thanks to Producer and Director, yes editing is perfectly done 🙏
Good movie, love all the men in hats.
That was a well scripted direction where the reaction of the surrounding actors told the violence of the scene but we, the audience, did not see a single landed pistol whipping! It was in line with Hitchcock's shower scene in Psycho! That was the mastery of those directors unlike the desensitizing gore of today's crap! Many of these Noir genre were not even considered as top shelf and yet many of the storylines, direction and acting were top notch!
Nice boom mike visible in the first two minutes.
Good performance by O"Brien .
I caught that too
Saw the boom Mike too.
Special wasn't it!! Had to rewind cause I couldn't believe it!!
Yep, first thing I noticed too...tracking shots are always a beast to pull off: if it's not a fishpole mike boom caught in frame, it's the wobbling light bouncing off a jostling OS reflector....
I thought I saw the shadow of the boom mike.
Great bit of noir. and I've never seen it before. Many thanks for sharing. But did anyone else notice the shadow of the boom microphone clearly visible behind the men at 58seconds? Oops!
A great noir for sure.
Just saw it!!!!
If you like film noir, you will enjoy this movie! Go for it! 🥃
Great movie, Edmund O'Brien is a terrific actor; I didn't know he was a director as well. That revolver must have been shot 20 times without reloading. Lol
My goodness I just love edmond obrian every movie I look forward too
Excellent film.Thank you for sharing it with us.
Glad you enjoyed it @Louis Fried
Edmond really changed between late 1940s and this movie, almost didn't recognize him, took me a minute
This is a very well made police film they surely don't make films noir like this anymore that's too bad but that's life nothing remains the same.
Notice all the plain clothes detectives are carrying a .38 Snub Nose Colt Detective Special 1952 issue, with leather holster and bullet clip on their belt. It's a sturdy and reliable little piece as demonstrated when Barney used it as a black jack against those two hoods in the restaurant. Hard boiled, intense film noir thriller. Loved it.
And I bet they are carrying 158 grain lead round nose ammo in those Colts. Which is the same round I currently have loaded in my 3 38's.
The Dicks carried 38 revolvers because they worked for a bureaucracy. Instead of speed loaders you were sharp to point out the clips. The criminals outgunned the cops. It is a tradition that existed until recently when the police turned into a quasi military machine gun toting anti second amendment tank driving operation. Release the petty thugs with no gun permits and let them out with no bail. For civilians however, the bureaucracy solved their problems by making concealed carry difficult to obtain and limiting the rounds a civilian can carry. Thus only the criminals and the brave new police force have escalated crime into a perma war state.
Killer film Noir trout. Great upload. thx!
Thanks for uploading, so little chance to see all these great 40s and 50s films; how can 61 dislike?!
To each their own I guess Paul.
Edmond o Brien plays better bad guy than good guy!!so far so good!!
Mike Batule: Brilliant in The Killers in which he plays a good guy.
"For a meeting of such high intrigue may I suggest the men's locker room?"
I love the guy hiding Barney out, steals that scene.
Richard Deacon went on to later portray Fred Rutherford in the "Leave It To Beaver" TV series and Mel Cooley in the "Dick Van Dyke Show". In real life, he spent many hours in men's locker rooms, bath houses and wherever men congregated. He was as gay as they come, in a time when that was a stigma in our society as opposed to today.
@@michaelmantle6043 are you saying fred rutherford was queerbait?
@@michaelmantle6043 Forever 'Mel'.
Thanks for this film. I am 70 years old and finally someone has answered my question. Why can't i run in the swimming pool area?
11:40 just love it how the private detectives can talk at different times like that.
these movies r great
Edmund always made any movie he was in Good ! My Fav "The Hitchiker" with Willam Talbot as the one open eye at all times Manic -Spoiler alert- a True Coward at the END !!
V L
At least you could have had the decency to name the actor correctly.
William Talman...not Talbot.
Pathetic.
Just noticed a young Claude Akins in the movie!
Great film. Well worth the popcorn. Even two bags. And all the supporting characters will have you going "I know them from " Definitely well put together for a "B" movie. Thanks for providing, especially commercial free. Helps to stay in the flow of the story. I'd give you two thumbs up if RUclips would allow it.
Bleak and skeazy... good stuff!
If he'd just taken off after the initial robbery instead of sticking around he probably would have never come under suspicion.
Exactly!
venusboys3 Then you would have no movie 😁
chris mclaughlin
Lol
Don't forget the fellow who was looking out of his window and saw everything.
Thank you Broken Trout! That was a good one! I love "bad cop" movies!
One of the classic greats Edmonds o
Man -- 1954 - A great year for noir! Jules Dassin's movie Rififi and now this post -- thanks to broken trout! Thanks for
the Stark Fear gem too, Mr Trout.
Thanks for the nice comment, they really make my day.