Based on B. S. Ramiah's play of the same name, it stars Balaji, Muthuraman, Vijayakumari, Santha Kumari and Pushpalatha.

Prabhu, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Chinnaiah who often visit his house.

Police arrest Prabhu for the murder committed by his friends and Janaki testifies as an alibi.

[6] The soundtrack was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy (a duo consisting of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy) while the lyrics written by Kannadasan.

[7][8] The song "Ponn Enbean Siru" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Darbari Kanada.

[3] Policekaran Magal was remade in Telugu as Constable Koothuru (1963),[3] and in Malayalam as Vyaamoham (1978).