Vice Squad (1953 film)

Vice Squad is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson and Paulette Goddard. The film is also known as The Girl in Room 17.

Plot
A married undertaker having an affair, Jack Hartrampf, is a reluctant eyewitness to the shooting of a Los Angeles cop. He does not wish to testify, but captain of detectives "Barney" Barnaby is just as determined. After a bank robbery pulled by Alan Barkis and his gang, another policeman is gunned down and a bank teller is taken hostage. Escort agency madam Mona Ross is willing to help Barnaby with the case for a fee. Barnaby places one of Barkis' partners, Marty Kusalich, under arrest until Marty implicates the real killer. Pete Monte steals a boat in an attempt to get Barkis to freedom, but Barnaby and his lieutenant, Lacey, arrive in the nick of time.

Cast

 * Edward G. Robinson as Capt. Barnaby
 * Paulette Goddard as Mona Ross
 * K.T. Stevens as Ginny
 * Porter Hall as Jack Hartrampf
 * Adam Williams as Marty Kusalich
 * Edward Binns as Al Barkis
 * Barry Kelley as Dwight Foreman
 * Jay Adler as Frankie Pierce
 * Mary Ellen Kay as Carol Lawson
 * Joan Vohs as Vicke Webb
 * Lee Van Cleef as Pete Monte
 * Harlan Warde as Det. Lacey
 * Dan Riss as Lt. Bob Inlay
 * Lewis Martin as Police Lt. Ed Chisolm
 * Byron Kane as Prof. Bruno Varney