Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Yorick I know Yorick's legions of fans have been clamoring for his insightful clever words on this strange-o flick, but I have to admit all the other reviewers have got it covered. But do check out on the "critic" side the Michael E. Grost entry--mucho to think about. The movie's so flat and affect-less it creates its own mood of somnambulistic surrealism. It's Ulmer, baby!

MartinHafer The plot of "Murder is My Beat" is one that really doesn't make a lot of sense. To enjoy the film you need to put this aside and just take it for what it is...and entertaining low-budget mystery.When the film begins, a detective is investigating a murder. The trail leads to a young woman whose current whereabouts are unknown. Eventually, though, he receives a lead that she's staying up in the mountains and despite it being a long and difficult trek there through deep snow, this dedicated cop goes to get her. Once there, she is captured but they have to remain there for several days due to bad weather. During this time, the cop falls for the lady and believes her story about not being involved. But he still does his duty and brings her in for questioning. Well, apparently everyone believes she is guilty and she is sentenced to prison. The same cop escorts her to prison and on the way, he lets her go and then goes to investigate the case as he's sure she's innocent. Eventually, he's captured by a coworker and eventually the coworker agrees to spend the next 24 hours looking for clues instead of arresting him. Together, they get to the bottom of everything.Okay...so a respected veteran cop throws his career away and lets a convicted murderer escape. Then, when a coworker finds him, instead of taking him to jail, they both investigate the case. Does this make any sense? Nope...none. But it IS entertaining and worth seeing despite this. Not a great film but for the money, not a bad one either considering it cost only a tiny bit to make.

coffeengreens Mid way through this movie there is a scene at a figurine factory complete with workers on the assembly line. It has nothing really to do with the movie and looks like it was taken straight taken from one of those 50s instructional films. It may have been the peak of Murder is my Beat.

TC-4 I have seen lots of Film-Noir movies but to call this one is a just rip-off. This is nothing more than a very low budget black and white movie. The storyline is predictable and sets are cheap. This was probably filmed in 2 days. It has none of that film-noir mystique. Don't waste your time on this one.