Release Date | 1948-07-14 |
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Runtime | 91 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime |
Stars | Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley |
Directors | William Keighley, Harry Kleiner, Joseph MacDonald, Samuel G. Engel, William Reynolds |
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.