Traffic in Crime
movie
Released June 28, 1946
Overview
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.
Cast
Kane Richmond
as
Sam Wire
Anne Nagel
as
Ann Marlowe
Adele Mara
as
Silk Cantrell
Wade Crosby
as
Dumbo
Wilton Graff
as
Nick Cantrell
Roy Barcroft
as
Insp. Tip Hogan
Dick Curtis
as
Jake Schultz
Arthur Loft
as
Police Chief Jim Murphy
Harry Cheshire
as
Dan Marlowe
Robert J. Wilke
as
Hogan's Driver
Earle Hodgins
as
Bartender
Horace Murphy
as
Joe - Night Watchman
Crew
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Gano Chittenden
as
Art Direction
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Otto Siegel
as
Set Decoration
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John McCarthy Jr.
as
Set Decoration
Lesley Selander
as
Director
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Bud Thackery
as
Cinematography
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David Lang
as
Screenplay
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Lester Orlebeck
as
Editor
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Mort Glickman
as
Music
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Leslie T. White
as
Original Story