Special Agent (1949)
Railroad Detective Tracks Down and Cracks Down on Train Robbers!
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
- Date of release
- 1949-07-22
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director
- William C. Thomas
Casting
- William Eythe — Johnny Douglas
- Kasey Rogers — Lucille Peters (as Laura Elliot)
- George Reeves — Paul Devereaux
- Paul Valentine — Edmond Devereaux
- Tom Powers — Chief Special Agent Wilcox
- Carole Mathews — Rose McCreary
- Frank Puglia — Grandfather Devereaux
- Virginia Christine — Mabel Rumpler
- Raymond Bond — Sheriff Babcock
- John Hart — Ranch Foreman Frank Kent (as John Hilton)
- Truman Bradley — Narrator (voice)
- Walter Baldwin — Pop Peters (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Special Agent is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William C. Thomas and starring William Eythe. The storyline is loosely based on the DeAutremont Brothers' 1923 train robbery.
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