THERE'S LOTS OF LAW IN A RIGHT TO THE JAW!
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
Rita Hayworth Bruce Cabot Marc Lawrence Richard Fiske Moroni Olsen Norman Willis Gene Morgan Robert Paige Lee Prather Eddie Fetherston Stanley Andrews Hooper Atchley Harry Bernard Beatrice Blinn Stanley Brown Georgie Cooper Nell Craig Beatrice Curtis Dick Curtis Joe De Stefani George DeNormand Ann Doran Lester Dorr Frank Fanning Kit Guard George Lloyd Pat McKee Wedgwood Nowell Ky Robinson Dick Rush Lee Shumway Gene Stone Charles Trowbridge John Tyrrell William Worthington
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