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| Director: | Lambert Hillyer | 
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| Writer: | John T. Neville | 
| Staring: | 
| A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 10, 1938 | 
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| Director: | Lambert Hillyer | 
| Writer: | John T. Neville | 
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller | 
| Keywords | gangster, police shootout | 
| Production Companies | Monogram Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Anne Nagel | Patricia Wayne | 
| Robert Kent | John Carter | 
| Charles Trowbridge | Dexter Wayne | 
| Morgan Wallace | 'Big Bill' Anderson | 
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Chief Reardon | 
| John T. Murray | Horace Meade | 
| Joseph Crehan | Wallace | 
| Benny Bartlett | Billy Jones | 
| John Merton | Red Hampton | 
| Roger Williams | George Stanley | 
| John Dilson | Capt. Brown | 
| Donald Kerr | Joe Armstrong | 
| Frank Hall Crane | Mr. William Jones (uncredited) | 
| Kernan Cripps | Police Stenographer (uncredited) | 
| Edward Hearn | Detective Craig (uncredited) | 
| Isabel La Mal | Mrs. Jones (uncredited) | 
| William Lally | Court Clerk (uncredited) | 
| Frank LaRue | Grand Jury Foreman (uncredited) | 
| Stanley Mack | Al (uncredited) | 
| Tom McGuire | Police Officer Clancy (uncredited) | 
| Frank Nelson | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 
| Jack O'Shea | Henchman (uncredited) | 
| Hal Price | Dry Cleaners Owner (uncredited) | 
| Cully Richards | Comic Bit (uncredited) | 
| Jack C. Smith | Bailiff (uncredited) | 
| Martin Spellman | Young Boy (uncredited) | 
| Harry Strang | Tom (uncredited) | 
| William Worthington | Judge (uncredited) | 
| Duke York | Collins (uncredited) | 
| Carleton Young | Hank Newell (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Lambert Hillyer | Director | 
| Duke York | Stunts | 
| Eugene Joseff | Costume Design | 
| John T. Neville | Screenplay | 
| Arthur Martinelli | Director of Photography | 
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor | 
| Frank Dexter | Art Direction | 
| Eddie Stein | Assistant Director | 
| Abe Meyer | Music Director | 
| Karl Zint | Sound Recordist | 
| Name | Title | 
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| E.B. Derr | Producer | 
| Frank Melford | Associate Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 
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B-movie regular Charles Trowbridge is the District Attorney "Wayne" who is constantly playing a cat and mouse game with savvy crook "Big Bill" (Morgan Wallace). Thanks to the latter man's army of lawyers and henchmen, "Wayne" usually comes off empty-handed until he alights on a cunning plan to use h ... is deputy "Carter" (Robert Kent) who is engaged to his daughter "Patricia" (Anna Nagel) to set up the mother of all sting operations that might just expose their quarry to charges even he can't argue away. The production and the acting are both a bit basic and there's way too much dialogue as the scenarios stray into the faintly ridiculous, but the last ten minutes are quite enjoyably strung together using an old grenade and loads of brass neck. Standard fayre you'll never remember, but it passes an hour ok.