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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 345

Shoot to Kill

194764 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 64:02
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

A police pursuit ends with a wrecked car, two dead men and one woman able to explain how a prosecutor and a gangster came to share the same escape route. Her account leads a reporter into a network of false testimony, political ambition and double-crosses hidden behind the district attorney's respectable office.

Cast

Robert Kent

former gangster "Dixie" Logan aka Judge Joel Conroy

Credited as Douglas Blackley

Luana Walters

Marian Langdon - Logan's wife

Credited as Susan Walters

Edmund MacDonald

the corrupt Asst. DA, Lawrence Dale

Russell Wade

investigative reporter George "Mitch" Mitchell

DirectorsWilliam Berke

Historical context

The film builds its investigation through flashbacks, beginning with the aftermath and asking how apparently opposed figures became connected. Its alternative title, Police Reporter, emphasizes the newspaperman's role in exposing corruption inside institutions expected to enforce the law.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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Robert Kent — Studio Publicity · Public domain
Luana Walters — Producers Releasing Corporation · Public domain
Edmund MacDonald — Producers Releasing Corporation · Public domain
Russell Wade — Affiliated Productions · Public domain

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