MURDER
IS MY BEAT
1955.....
77 minutes
Paul
Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne. Directed By Edgar G.
Ulmer (Detour)
Mr.
Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, his features
burned beyond recognition. Detectives Patrick (Paul Langton)
and Rawley (Robert Shayne) arrest nightclub-singer Eden Lane
(Barbara Payton) and she is convicted of the crime. On the way
to prison, Eden sees a man through the train window, identifying
him as the murderer, and Patrick and Eden jump from the train
to search for the man. In a series of plot twists, the murderer
is found, and Eden and Patrick are reunited. Directer Edgar
G. Ulmer uses flashbacks and elliptical editing to good effect.
Beautiful Barbara Payton delivers a great performance as the
ambiguous, mysterious femme-fatale.
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