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He Took A Short-Cut thru the Darkness of Gangland

5.7

1h 14m

1947

“He Took A Short-Cut thru the Darkness of Gangland”

Synopsis

A bank clerk gets sent to prison after he robs his own bank. Live becomes even more difficult behind bars when he starts getting pressured to reveal where he hid the money.

Director

Walter Colmes

Crime

film noir

Cast & Crew

John Shelton

John Shelton

as Eddie Clark

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

as Agnes Clark

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

as Butch McQuinn

Richard Bailey

Richard Bailey

as Clyde Sutter

Joseph Allen

Joseph Allen

as George Bates

Rory Mallinson

Rory Mallinson

as Fred

Eddie Fields

as Kelvin

Walden Boyle

as Prosecutor

Keith Richards

Keith Richards

as Harvey

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