Traffic in Crime (1946)
Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the two leading gangsters, a mob girl, 'Silk" Cantrell, and a bribe-taking police official, into setting ambushes and death-traps for him, which backfire on them, and achieve his assignment directive.
- Date of release
- 1946-06-28
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Action, Crime
- Director
- Lesley Selander
Casting
- Kane Richmond — Sam Wire
- Anne Nagel — Ann Marlowe
- Adele Mara — Silk Cantrell
- Wade Crosby — Dumbo
- Wilton Graff — Nick Cantrell
- Roy Barcroft — Insp. Tip Hogan
- Dick Curtis — Jake Schultz
- Arthur Loft — Police Chief Jim Murphy
- Harry Cheshire — Dan Marlowe
- Robert J. Wilke — Hogan's Driver
- Earle Hodgins — Bartender
- Horace Murphy — Joe - Night Watchman
Interesting facts
Traffic in Crime is a 1946 American action film directed by Lesley Selander, written by David Lang, and starring Kane Richmond, Anne Nagel, Adele Mara, Wade Crosby, Wilton Graff and Roy Barcroft. It was released on June 28, 1946, by Republic Pictures.
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