Kid Glove Killer

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Kid Glove Killer

1942

1h 14m

Crime

Drama

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Ambitious attorney Jerry Ladimer (Lee Bowman), working for mob boss Matty (John Litel), gets a new mayor (Samuel S. Hinds) elected to help further his own political plans. When the mayor vows to destroy the city's organized crime network, Jerry has him murdered and frames a local business owner (Eddie Quillan) for the crime. But the city's new crime laboratory, run by Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) and his feisty assistant, Jane Mitchell (Marsha Hunt), can find evidence pointing to the real killer.

Variety Staff

Variety

One of those moderately-budgeted programmers that appear at long intervals to rise far above the level intended.

Nov 1, 2007

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Theodore Strauss

New York Times

A first-rate job all round.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2006

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Fred Zinnemann's feature debut, a neat, unpretentious and really rather enjoyable whodunit about the hunt for the killer of the town's crusading mayor.

Jun 24, 2006

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Despite having a solid role from Van Heflin, its plot about corruption and murder never escapes the common grounds of B-movie film noir. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Jul 7, 2021

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TV Guide

A terrific debut film for both Van Heflin and for Fred Zinnemann in the director's chair.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 1, 2007

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Film4 Staff

Film4

The taut plot is well served by the style of documentary fiction Zinnemann applied to a few of his earlier films.

May 24, 2003

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Audience Member

The feature film debut of director Fred Zinnemann, the man who'd later go on to direct such classics as "High Noon" and "From Here to Eternity," kicks things off with a solid little police thriller. Van Heflin, an actor who I'm always baffled at how he became a leading man, plays a police chemist uncovering the mayor's murderer. This is strictly B-Movie material, but it's well done and even if you don't see the brilliance you'd see in later Zinnemann films, you do see that he's a solid filmmaker. Certainly worth checking out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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s r

A well made forensics mystery/drama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Fred Zimmerman's excellent direction guides this film along at a fast and interesting pace. Good performance by van Hefllin. A very solid and compelling thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

good stuff from Zinnemann

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Fred Zimmerman's excellent direction guides this film along at a fast and interesting pace. Good performance by van Hefllin. A very solid and compelling thriller.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Van Heflin

Gordon McKay

Marsha Hunt

Jane Mitchell

Lee Bowman

Gerald I. Ladimer

Samuel S. Hinds

Mayor Daniels

Cliff Clark

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Synopsis

Ambitious attorney Jerry Ladimer (Lee Bowman), working for mob boss Matty (John Litel), gets a new mayor (Samuel S. Hinds) elected to help further his own political plans. When the mayor vows to destroy the city's organized crime network, Jerry has him murdered and frames a local business owner (Eddie Quillan) for the crime. But the city's new crime laboratory, run by Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) and his feisty assistant, Jane Mitchell (Marsha Hunt), can find evidence pointing to the real killer.

Director: Fred Zinnemann
Producer: Jack Chertok
Screenwriter: Allen Rivkin, John C. Higgins
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Apr 28, 2015
Runtime: 1h 14m