Traffic in Crime
1946 | 56m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Lesley Selander |
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| Writer: | David Lang, Leslie T. White |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jun 28, 1946 |
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| Director: | Lesley Selander |
| Writer: | David Lang, Leslie T. White |
| Genres: | Action |
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| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Kane Richmond | Sam Wire |
| Anne Nagel | Ann Marlowe |
| Adele Mara | Silk Cantrell |
| Wade Crosby | Dumbo |
| Wilton Graff | Nick Cantrell |
| Roy Barcroft | Insp. Tip Hogan |
| Dick Curtis | Jake Schultz |
| Arthur Loft | Police Chief Jim Murphy |
| Harry Cheshire | Dan Marlowe |
| Robert J. Wilke | Hogan's Driver |
| Earle Hodgins | Bartender |
| Horace Murphy | Joe - Night Watchman |
| Charles Sullivan | Cab Driver |
| Ernie Adams | Counter Man |
| Budd Buster | Watchman |
| Kenne Duncan | Henchman |
| Fred Graham | Henchman |
| Name | Job |
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| David Lang | Screenplay |
| Lester Orlebeck | Editor |
| Bud Thackery | Cinematography |
| Mort Glickman | Music |
| Leslie T. White | Original Story |
| Gano Chittenden | Art Direction |
| Otto Siegel | Set Decoration |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Lesley Selander | Director |
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