The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
A federal tax agent goes undercover as a reporter and, working with a mobster's pretty bookkeeper, infiltrates a crime ring to catch the racketeer. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- William KeighleyDirector
- Laird DoyleScreenplay
- Abem FinkelScreenplay
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisJulie Gardner
- George BrentBill Bradford
- Ricardo CortezAlexander Carston
- Jack La RueJake Andrews
- Henry O'NeillDistrict Attorney Roger Quinn
- Robert StrangeWaxey Armitage
- Joseph CrehanCommissioner of Police
- J. Carrol NaishJoe Durell
- Joe SawyerRich - Chief Henchman
- William B. DavidsonCharlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
- Robert BarratChief of Internal Revenue Service
- Paul GuilfoyleWilliams - Quinn's Secretary
Stills
Themes
undercover agentgangsterinformantnewspaper manfederal agenttreasury agenttax evasionracketeerwitness eliminationsecret codeabductionbookkeeper