Murder Is My Beat

Murder Is My Beat
Murder Is My Beat
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay by	Aubrey Wiseberg
Story by	Aubrey Wiseberg; Martin Field
Produced by	Aubrey Wisberg
Starring	Paul Langton; Barbara Payton; Robert Shayne
Cinematography	Harold E. Wellman
Edited by	Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Music by	Albert Glasser
Production; company	Masthead Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	February 27, 1955 (United States);
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder Is My Beat is an American 1955 film noir mystery film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Paul Langton, Barbara Payton and Robert Shayne.^[1]

Murder Is My Beat is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

Plot

Businessman Frank Deane is found dead with his face and hands burned beyond recognition. Detective Patrick (Langton) pursues and arrests Deane's girlfriend, nightclub-singer Eden Lane (Payton). She makes little effort to deny her involvement in the death and is convicted of the crime. On the way to prison, accompanied by Patrick, Eden sees a man through the train window whom she identifies as the murdered man. Patrick, who has developed a romantic interest in the woman, believes her; he and Eden jump from the train to search for the man. They agree to allow themselves one week to solve this mystery or Eden will submit to her prison sentence. The situation has, naturally, put Patrick in legal jeopardy as well and he is eventually tracked down by his friend and superior, Detective Rawley (Shayne). Eden, in the meantime, convinced that the truth cannot be unveiled, furtively leaves Patrick and turns herself in. Rawley allows himself and Patrick twenty-four hours to try to bring together information and clues Patrick has turned up.