Call a Messenger

19391939
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1h 5m

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his b... Read allA tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two... Read allA tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office br... Read all

6.6/10

Director
- Arthur Lubin
Writers
- Arthur T. Horman(screenplay)
- Michael Kraike(story)
- Sally Sandlin(story)
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Mary Carlisle and Buster Crabbe in Call a Messenger (1939)

William 'Billy' Benedict, Harris Berger, Jimmy Butler, Hal E. Chester, David Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, and George Offerman Jr. in Call a Messenger (1939)

Huntz Hall and Anne Nagel in Call a Messenger (1939)

Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, and Billy Halop in Call a Messenger (1939)

Director
- Arthur Lubin
Writers
- Arthur T. Horman(screenplay)
- Michael Kraike(story)
- Sally Sandlin(story)
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A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it. —frankfob2@yahoo.com

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Taglines
- THE DEAD END KIDS versus THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS Clashing head on...for control of the gutter!
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
Certificate
- Approved
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