Rogue Cop is a 1954 American film noir directed by Roy Rowland, based on the novel by William P. McGivern, and starring Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, and George Raft.
In a penny arcade, a drug dealer is stabbed to death by a man who claims the territory for himself, and Eddie witnesses the murderer flee.
The New York Times called it "a classic study in guilt, retribution and atonement - without for an instant forgetting to tell an exciting story of swift action.
"[4] MGM bought the screen rights prior to publication in November 1953 and assigned Nicholas Nayfack to produce.
[6] In April 1954 Roy Rowland was assigned to direct[7] Support roles were given to Janet Leigh, Steve Forrest and George Raft; the latter was making his first "A" picture in some years.
But it is a well-done melodrama, produced and directed in a hard, crisp style, and it is very well acted by Robert Taylor in the somewhat disagreeable title role...For what it is in the line of crime pictures, there's a lot to be said for Rogue Cop.