Wiretapper (1955)

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80 min - Action | Crime | Drama - 10 August 1955 (USA)

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Jin Vaus, Jr., U.S. Army electronics expert, is sentenced to a stockade term for unauthorized use of government equipment... See full summary »

Director:

Dick Ross

Writers:

Jim Vaus Jr. (autobiography "Why I Quit Syndicated Crime"), John O'Dea (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Bill Williams, Georgia Lee and Douglas Kennedy

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Credited cast:
	Bill Williams	...	Jim Vaus Jr.
	Georgia Lee	...	Alice Vaus
	Douglas Kennedy	...	Charles Rumsden
	Phil Tead	...	Racketeer
	Stanley Clements	...	Tony
	Ric Roman	...	Romano
	Richard Benedict	...	Gang chauffeur
	Paul Picerni	...	Herbie
	Steve Conte	...	Henchman
	Melinda Plowman	...	Alice's mother
	Billy Graham	...	Reverend Bill Graham (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Martin Benedict	...	Boy
	Nick Benedict
	Brunella Bovo
	Evangeline Carmichael

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Jin Vaus, Jr., U.S. Army electronics expert, is sentenced to a stockade term for unauthorized use of government equipment. He keeps it a secret from his fiancée, Alice, and pretends he has been overseas when he is discharged, and they are married.. He opens an electrical engineering company and becomes involved with a gangster mob headed by Charles Rumsden. She begs him to quit but he is useful to the crooks, discovering wiretaps, setting up alarm systems and even saving a hoodlum's life by disconnecting a time bomb. Gang-member Tony urges Jim to invent a device that could tap lines carrying race results and delay them so they could make some big money on post-race betting. After Tony is killed by a fellow mobster, Alice persuades Jim to attend a tent meeting held by evangelist Billy Graham. Graham's sermon and words so inspire Jim that he gives up his criminal activities. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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The true-life drama of the man who kept the Gangsters, the Gamblers and the Bookies always one step ahead of the law - until the moment when he tapped in on a direct line to God!