Special Agent

Name: Special Agent
Genre: Drama
Released: September 14, 1935
Duration: 76 min
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Henry O'Neill, J. Carrol Naish, Jack La Rue

1935

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 14, 1935 | Passed

Starring: Bette Davis, George Brent, Henry O'Neill, J. Carrol Naish, Jack La Rue, Joe Sawyer, Joseph Crehan, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Strange, William B. Davidson

Summary: Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she isNewspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify.… Expand

Director: William Keighley

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 76 min

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Frank S. Nugent

Crisp, fast moving and thoroughly entertaining melodrama. Read full review

Helen Brown Norden

The film contains the best answer yet recorded to the type of gangster who swears he can never be caught—namely, that "Dillinger didn't die of old age!" Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This fast-moving gangster picture was typical of the Warner Bros. releases of the 1930s: lots of shooting, action, and romance, all crammed into a brief 78 minutes as overseen by supervisor Sam Bischoff who went on to be the producer of such epics as THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, THE PHENIX CITY STORY, among others. Read full review

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