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3.9/10 • 11

1942-11-040h 55m

Mystery

BLACK MARKET CZAR!...Exchanging human lives for blood-soaked Profit!

A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.

Directors
George Sherman

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  1. Damian O'Flynn

    Damian O'Flynn

    Eddie Delaney

  2. Helen Parrish

    Helen Parrish

    Linda Ward

  3. Dick Purcell

    Dick Purcell

    Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

  4. Neil Hamilton

    Neil Hamilton

    John J. Underwood

  5. Jack La Rue

    Jack La Rue

    Marty Clark

  6. Robert Homans

    Robert Homans

    Timothy J. Delaney

  7. Anne Jeffreys

    Anne Jeffreys

    Lulu

  8. Dick Wessel

    Dick Wessel

    Dizzy

  9. Esther Muir

    Esther Muir

    Bonnie Bascomb

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CinemaSerf

Jun 26, 2022

5/10

When his pop is gunned down by some undesirables, PI "Eddie Delaney" (Damian O'Flynn) recruits feisty radio presenter "Linda Ward" (Helen Parrish) and local police lieutenant "Bill Decker" (Dick Purcell) to help him get to the bottom of things. What he didn't realise - nor did I, for that matter - was that there was an huge market during WWII for rubber. That meant tyres were almost literally worth their weight in greenbacks and somehow his father had got mixed up in some sort of racketeering. Jack La Rue is quite menacing as "Marty", the supposedly reformed night club owner firmly in their sights, but when he is bumped off, too - and all the clues start to point at "Eddie" the mystery deepens and quickens. This film does lack much by way of a decent script, or plot innovation - but the story doesn't hang about and it's certainly at the better end of the afternoon B-feature spectrum that flew by.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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