The read
It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
A gangster running a protection racket gets information that he's about to be prosecuted on income-tax-evasion charges. He hires a man with a photographic memory to memorize his books, then destroys them all so the police won't have any evidence to link him to the racket.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean YarbroughDirector
Cast
- Joan MarshDonna Wells
- John ArcherProf. J. Thomas Quincy
- Warren HymerGabby Walsh
- Milburn StoneJohnny Reilly
- Pat GleasonLouie Pozowicz
- Tristram CoffinSlater
- Ann EversMilly
- Charles JudelsDuke Talbot
- Gene O'DonnellMonk
- Ben TaggartChief Detective W. A. Barlow
- Charlie HallRabbit
- Fern EmmettMrs. Bowse
Themes
library of congress