Action ·Crime · United States of America · 1946 · 56m

Traffic in Crime

Director

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

Crew

Lester Orlebeck — Editor David Lang — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Lesley Selander Director Lester Orlebeck Editor David Lang Screenplay

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