Vice Squad (1953 film)

Vice Squad
Vice Squad
	Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Arthur H. Nadel
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Production; company	Sequoia Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	July 18, 1953 (Los Angeles); July 31, 1953 (United States); August 25, 1953 (New York City);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$262,000
Box office	$600,000

Vice Squad is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Edward G. Robinson and Paulette Goddard.^[2] The film is also known as The Girl in Room 17.^[3]

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.