Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1949-05-27

Languageen

Runtime1h 15m

Production

Laurel Films

5.3(28)

•1949•1h 15m

C-Man

"Homicidal smugglers in the big city !"

Crime

Overview

A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.

Director

Joseph Lerner

Writing & Screenplay

Berne Giler

Cinematography

Gerald Hirschfeld

Principal Cast

10 credited

Dean JaggerCliff Holden, alias William Harrah

John CarradineDoc Spencer

Harry LandersOwney Shor

Lottie ElwenKathe van Bourne

Rene PaulMatty Royal

Walter VaughanCustoms Inspector Brandon

Adelaide KleinMinnie Hoffman

Edith AtwaterLydia Brundage

Jean EllynBirdie Alton

Walter BrookeJoe

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