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Description:

A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.

Top Cast >

Damian O'Flynn

As Eddie Delaney

Helen Parrish

As Linda Ward

Dick Purcell

As Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker

Neil Hamilton

As John J. Underwood

Jack La Rue

As Marty Clark

Robert Homans

As Timothy J. Delaney

Anne Jeffreys

As Lulu

Dick Wessel

As Dizzy

Esther Muir

As Bonnie Bascomb

Joe Kirk

As Dizzy's Fellow Henchman (as Joseph Kirk)

Edna Harris

As Billie

Fred Kelsey

As Police Officer Martin

Vince Barnett

As Waiter at Diner

Jane Allen

As Jitterbug (uncredited)

Sam Bernard

As Cabbie (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

As Officer Riley (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

As Vagrant (uncredited)

Martin Faust

As Foreman (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

As Hospital Intern (uncredited)

Richard Landry

As Jitterbug (uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

As Policeman (uncredited)

Peggy Lynn

As Jitterbug (uncredited)

Jerry Mandy

As Janitor (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

As Officer McAvoy (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

As Policeman (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

As Truck Driver (uncredited)

Top Crew >

George Sherman

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (5/10)

When his pop is gunned down by some undesirables, PI "Eddie Delaney" (Damian O'Flynn) recruits feisty radio presenter "Linda Ward" (Helen Parrish) and local police lieutenant "Bill Decker" (Dick Purcell) to help him get to the bottom of things. What he didn't realise - nor did I, for that matter - was that there was an huge market during WWII for rubber. That meant tyres were almost literally worth their weight in greenbacks and somehow his father had got mixed up in some sort of racketeering. Jack La Rue is quite menacing as "Marty", the supposedly reformed night club owner firmly in their sights, but when he is bumped off, too - and all the clues start to point at "Eddie" the mystery deepens and quickens. This film does lack much by way of a decent script, or plot innovation - but the story doesn't hang about and it's certainly at the better end of the afternoon B-feature spectrum that flew by.

2022-06-26