"Homicidal smugglers in the big city !"

1949

1h 15m

5.2(26 votes)

Crime

Overview

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

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10 members

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Dean Jagger

Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

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John Carradine

Doc Spencer

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Harry Landers

Owney Shor

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Lottie Elwen

Kathe van Bourne

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Rene Paul

Matty Royal

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Walter Vaughan

Customs Inspector Brandon

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Adelaide Klein

Minnie Hoffman

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Edith Atwater

Lydia Brundage

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Jean Ellyn

Birdie Alton

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Walter Brooke

Joe

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