Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Benny
- (as Lon Chaney)
Steve Pendleton
- Hub Gelsey
- (as Gaylord Pendleton)
Paul Bryar
- Taylor
- (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
- Boy fighting Mickey
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Kelly - Policeman
- (uncredited)
Earle S. Dewey
- Phil - Bartender
- (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
- Speed
- (uncredited)
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"Cool off, cookie. You ain't going no place."
Enjoyable programmer from Universal starring iron-jawed Richard Dix as an ex-con-turned-police chief who sets out to bust up a car theft ring and gets framed for his efforts. Don Porter plays a special investigator who inadvertently helps with the frame-up, then tries to save the day. Wendy Barrie is Dix's secretary. She's in love with him but he pushes her away on account of his past. Porter's got a thing for Barrie but she's all about that Dix. Lon Chaney, Jr. plays Dix's friend, a dimwitted brute willing to do whatever it takes to help a pal out. This includes torture in one gripping scene. Despite starring in horror films for Universal around this time, Chaney only has a supporting part here (but he makes the most of it). The rest of the cast includes Marc Lawrence, Lloyd Corrigan, Joseph Crehan, and Edward Pawley. Fast-moving B picture with solid direction from Roy William Neill. Nothing exceptional but a good time-passer. Worth a look, if nothing else, for Chaney's performance and that awesome shootout/fight scene near the end. Chaney's character is positively superhuman! He also has one of my favorite movie lines when he's about to torture the bad guy: "You're gonna live a long time in the next few minutes."
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- Jul 1, 2017
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- Criminals of the Underworld
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
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- 1.37 : 1
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