Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
They cracked the back of the world's blackest racket ! A cop ! A dame ! A killer !
A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.
- Date of release
- 1949-04-20
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- William Castle
Casting
- Howard Duff — George Morton
- Shelley Winters — Terry
- Dan Duryea — Johnny Evans
- Tony Curtis — Joey Hyatt
- John McIntire — Nick Avery
- Gar Moore — Sam Harrison
- Leif Erickson — Pringle
- Barry Kelley — William McCandles
- Hugh Reilly — Charlie
- Wally Maher — T.H. Benson
- Patricia Alphin — McCandle's Secretary (uncredited)
- Gregg Barton — Treasury Man (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea.
Production
The film was known as Contraband and Partners in Crime.
It was William Castle's first movie at Universal. He called it "a pedestrian thriller" with its claim to fame being its cast.
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