Traffic in Crime

Traffic in Crime

56 mins | Crime, Action | June 28, 1946

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.

Traffic in Crime

56 mins | Crime, Action | June 28, 1946

Traffic in Crime
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.
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Traffic in Crime
Directors Lesley Selander
Writers David Lang, Leslie T. White

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

Charles Sullivan

as Cab Driver

Ernie Adams

as Counter Man

Budd Buster

as Watchman

Kenne Duncan

as Henchman

Fred Graham

as Henchman