Southside 1-1000 (1950)

The US secret service goes after a counterfeit ring, whose engraver Eugene Deane has covertly constructed his plates while serving a life sentence in San Quentin. In order to infiltrate the... See full summary »

Director:

Boris Ingster

Writers:

Milton Raison (story), Bert C. Brown (story),

Stars:

Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Don DeFore	...	John Riggs / Nick Starnes
Andrea King	...	Nora Craig
George Tobias	...	Reggie
Barry Kelley	...	Bill Evans
Morris Ankrum	...	Eugene Deane
Robert Osterloh	...	Albert
Charles Cane	...	Harris
Kippee Valez	...	Singer
Joe Turkel	...	Frankie
John Harmon	...	Nimble Willie
G. Pat Collins	...	Hugh B. Pringle - Treasury Agent
Douglas Spencer	...	Prison Chaplain
Joan Miller	...	Mrs. Clara Evans
William Forrest	...	Prison Warden
Joseph Crehan	...	Burns, Prison Guard

Storyline

The US secret service goes after a counterfeit ring, whose engraver Eugene Deane has covertly constructed his plates while serving a life sentence in San Quentin. In order to infiltrate the gang, federal agent John Riggs poses as an Eastern kingpin who wants to purchase a large quantity of the fake currency. During his investigations he falls in love with beautiful Nora Craig...

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Plot Keywords:

counterfeiting | phone number in title | number in title

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Genres:

Film-Noir | Crime

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 November 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Union 1-1000

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

King Brothers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Je T'Aime"
Written by Fritz Rotter & Harold Stern
Sung by Kippee Valez

User Reviews

Pacy T-Man movie from the director of STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR.

Pacy T-Man movie, one of only three directed by Boris Ingster, whose STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR is held by many to be the film which kicked off the 'film noir' cycle. A narrative voiceover lends a pseudo-documentary air to the tale of a square-jawed treasury agent, John Riggs (Don DeFore), who is tasked with cracking a counterfeiting ring initiated by a dying master forger from inside his jail cell. Once on the trail, Riggs adopts a false identity in the hope of ingratiating himself with the crooks, and this brings him into contact with larcenously inclined hotel manageress Nora Craig (Andrea King). Although this is fairly standard stuff, with the rather annoying voiceover failing to ratchet up the tension as it did in Kubrick's THE KILLING, Russell Harlan's often moody location cinematography (see also GUN CRAZY & RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11) and King's hardboiled femme, together with one or two nifty, if contrived, twists make this a worthwhile diversion for fans of noir obscura.