Homicide Bureau

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Homicide Bureau
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Directed by Charles C. Coleman
Screenplay by Earle Snell
Produced by Irving Briskin (executive producer) (uncredited), Jack Frier (producer) (uncredited)
Starring Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, and Marc Lawrence
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by James Sweeney
Music by Sidney Cutner (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 5, 1939 (1939-01-05)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

Homicide Bureau is a 1939 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, and Marc Lawrence. [1]

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References

  1. Gates, Philippa (22 April 2011). Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press. p. 340. ISBN   978-1-4384-3406-3.