Traffic in Crime (1946)
56 min
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.
- Release date
- June 28, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
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
Crew
- Lesley Selander · Director
- David Lang · Writer
- Leslie T. White · Writer
- Bud Thackery · Cinematographer
- Lester Orlebeck · Editor