The Homicide Squad

{{Short description|1931 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use American English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox film |name = The Homicide Squad |image = The Homicide Squad.jpg |caption = Film poster |director = [[George Melford]]<br>[[Edward L. Cahn]] |producer = [[Carl Laemmle Jr.]] |writer = John Thomas Neville<br>[[Charles A. Logue|Charles Logue]]<br>[[Tom Reed (screenwriter)|Tom Reed]] |based_on = {{based on|''The Mob''|Henry La Cossitt}} |starring = {{ubl|[[Leo Carrillo]]|[[Noah Beery]]|[[Mary Brian]]|[[Russell Gleason]]|[[George Brent]]|Walter Percival}} |cinematography = [[George Robinson (cinematographer)|George Robinson]] |editing = Harry W. Lieb |studio = [[Universal Pictures]] |distributor = Universal Pictures |released = {{Film date|1931|9|29}} |runtime = 70 minutes |country = United States |language = English }} '''''The Homicide Squad''''' is a 1931 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[crime film]] directed by [[George Melford]] and [[Edward L. Cahn]] and written by John Thomas Neville, Charles Logue and Tom Reed. It is based on a 1928 Henry La Cossitt short story that originally ran in ''[[Adventure (magazine)|Adventure]]'' magazine. The film stars [[Leo Carrillo]], [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], [[Mary Brian]], [[Russell Gleason]], [[George Brent]] and Walter Percival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7340|title=The Homicide Squad|publisher=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78288/the-homicide-squad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310132314/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78288/The-Homicide-Squad/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2016|title=The Homicide Squad (1931) - Overview|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/95503/The-Homicide-Squad/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310152848/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/95503/The-Homicide-Squad/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2016|title=The-Homicide-Squad - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes|access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref> The film was released on September 29, 1931, by [[Universal Pictures]].

==Plot== {{No plot|date=December 2023}}

==Cast== *[[Leo Carrillo]] as Big Louie Grenado *[[Noah Beery]] as Captain Michael Buckley *[[Mary Brian]] as Millie O'Dowd *[[Russell Gleason]] as Joe Riley *[[George Brent]] as Jimmy Buckley *[[Walter Percival]] as Proctor *[[J. Carrol Naish]] as Hugo * [[Frank Gallacher]] as Det Sgt Jerry Harris *Pat O'Malley as Man

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|21967}}

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