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Director:
Herbert I. Leeds
Writers:
Reginald Taviner (novel)
George Callahan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 September 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Another routine crime b-film more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Robert Sterling ... Det. Sgt. Steve Johnson
Joan Dixon ... Grace Bradshaw / Bride in film
Ricardo Cortez ... Tony Weldon aka Anthony Wells
Douglas Fowley ... Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
Elisabeth Risdon ... Jessica Royce
Marguerite Churchill ... Barbara Madison
John Kellogg ... Fred Reed
Bernadene Hayes ... Princess Liane
Robert Bice ... Drake, aka The Swami
Vivien Oakland ... Annie Cobb
Dante ... Dante the Magician
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathleen Ellis ... Julie (unconfirmed)
Jewel Rose ... Young Widow (unconfirmed)
Cecil Weston ... (unconfirmed)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
67 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14422) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Another routine crime b-film, 6 May 2006
Author: vandino1 from United States

Dull lead Robert Sterling plays the dully named detective "Steve Johnson." He's in the title squad investigating a phony medium racket lead by Cortez, who is trying to bilk a believing widow out of her fortune. Dixon is actress fiancé of Johnson enlisted to act as a medium to help trap the phonies. Lots of brakelines get cut in this film (three times!) to try and kill off Johnson and others. Chase finale features the cliché car-crashing-over-the-cliff, but the stock footage of the crash features a totally different car from the one the villain drives. A short film, but routine and flat. It looks like something out of a fifties TV cop drama. The cast tries but is defeated by a script that gives them little characterization.

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