---
title: 'Scene of the Crime (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Rowland'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scene-of-the-crime-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041847/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scene of the Crime (1949)

1949 · 94 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Scene of the Crime is a 1949 American police procedural directed by Roy Rowland, starring Van Johnson, and featuring Gloria DeHaven, Arlene Dahl, and Tom Drake. The film's screenplay, by Charles Schnee, is based on a non-fiction article by John Bartlow Martin, "Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders". It was the only property sold by Martin to be made into a film. Scene of the Crime was producer Harry Rapf's last film of his thirty-plus year career; he died of a heart attack a week after principal photography for the film began.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Rowland](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-rowland)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Schnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-schnee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [André Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-previn)
- **Producer:** [Harry Rapf](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-rapf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-vogel)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [Arlene Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlene-dahl)
- [John McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcintire)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)
- [Donald Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-woods)
- [Sally Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-forrest)
- [Tom Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-drake)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [William Edward Phipps](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edward-phipps)
- [William Haade](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-haade)
- [Richard Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-benedict)
- [Mickey Kuhn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-kuhn)
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Robert Gist](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-gist)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)

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