The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the two leading gangsters, a mob girl, 'Silk" Cantrell, and a bribe-taking police official, into setting ambushes and death-traps for him, which backfire on them, and achieve his assignment directive.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Lesley SelanderDirector
- David LangScreenplay
Cast
- Kane RichmondSam Wire
- Anne NagelAnn Marlowe
- Adele MaraSilk Cantrell
- Wade CrosbyDumbo
- Wilton GraffNick Cantrell
- Roy BarcroftInsp. Tip Hogan
- Dick CurtisJake Schultz
- Arthur LoftPolice Chief Jim Murphy
- Harry CheshireDan Marlowe
- Robert J. WilkeHogan's Driver
- Earle HodginsBartender
- Horace MurphyJoe - Night Watchman