Kid Glove Killer is a 1942 American crime film, starring Van Heflin as a forensic scientist investigating the murder of a mayor.

The B film, the feature-length directorial debut of Fred Zinnemann, was an expanded version of the 1938 Crime Does Not Pay short subject "They're Always Caught".

His good friend, forensic scientist Gordon McKay (Van Heflin), and his assistant, Jane Mitchell (Marsha Hunt), examine the body and determine the identity of the hit man, who dies while trying to avoid capture.

Gerald spends a lot of time in the police crime lab and eventually falls in love with Jane.

He even asks her hand in marriage, but she rejects him, explaining she can't marry and quit her job until the double homicide investigation is finished.

When she tells him Gordon has concluded that the man planting the bomb should have gunpowder under his nails, Gerald rushes off to scrub his hands meticulously, successfully avoiding having suspicion fall upon him.

When he enters Gordon's office he asks him to hand over the evidence incriminating him, and Jane overhears the shouting from the lab.