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Crime

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

CountryUnited States of America

GenreCrime

ReleaseJuly 1, 1950

DirectorJoseph M. Newman

ProductionEssaness Productions, Frank Seltzer Productions

CastEdmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger

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