Special Agent (1935)Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's ... See full summary » Director:William Keighley |
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Cast
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Julie Gardner
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George Brent | ... |
Bill Bradford
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Alexander Carston
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Jack La Rue | ... |
Jake Andrews
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Henry O'Neill | ... |
District Attorney Roger Quinn
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Robert Strange | ... |
Waxey Armitage
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Joseph Crehan | ... |
Commissioner of Police
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J. Carrol Naish | ... |
Joe Durell
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Joe Sawyer | ... |
Rich - Chief Henchman
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William B. Davidson | ... |
Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
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Robert Barrat | ... |
Chief of Internal Revenue Service
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Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Williams - Quinn's Secretary
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Joe King | ... |
Agent Wilson
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Irving Pichel | ... |
U.S. District Attorney
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Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 September 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Agent spécial See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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1.37 : 1
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(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music at the casino
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The Hays office objected to a bit of dialogue by character Nick Carston so rather than reshoot the scene, the sound was eliminated. See more »Goofs
When Richie takes Bill away to the castle, the feet of crew members and camera equipment are clearly reflected on the car. See more »Soundtracks
"Cheerful Little Earful"(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music at the casino
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Bette Davis was already an established actress when she did this film with 27 movies under her belt, and an Oscar nomination for Of Human Bondage. She would win an Oscar for Dangerous the same year this film was released. This is a different Bette Davis than most of us are used to seeing. She was a cute blonde in this film and here acting ability was very evident even in this average gangster flick.
This flick had a good story about trying to bring down a mobster (Ricardo Cortez) with a T-Man (George Brent) posing as a newspaper reporter. You have to suspend belief at some of the story, but it's not 2007! Brent and Davis would join forces later with Bogey and Ronald Reagan in the Oscar-nominated Dark Victory.