Scene of the Crime (1949) Starring Van Johnson, Arlene
Dahl, Gloria De Haven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman
Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers Directed by Roy Rowland. Screenplay by Charles
Schnee. Produced by Harry Rapf Run time: 95 minutes. USA Black and White. Crime, Drama, Film Noir
Under the leadership of Louis B. Mayer, MGM studios was Hollywood's
"Tiffany Studio” with a long history of making glamorous films, especially
musicals. Unlike Warner Bros., which was now for its gangster films, with a few
exceptions, MGM did not deal with those kinds of films. Things began to change
in 1948, when Dore Schary returned to the studio, after a stint at RKO, to
replace Mayer as the head of production.
One of the films the studio made, post this transition, was
Scene of the Crime.
