Western Pacific Agent
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Director Sam Newfield Music director Albert Glasser Story by Milton M. Raison Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Screenplay Fred Myton Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 10, 1950 (1950-04-10) (U.S. premiere)
March 17, 1950 (1950-03-17) Writer Fred Myton, Milton Raison (story) Cast Kent Taylor (Rod Kendall), Sheila Ryan (Martha Stuart), Mickey Knox (Frank Wickens), Morris Carnovsky (Joe 'Pop' Wickens), Robert Lowery (Bill Stuart), Sid Melton (Elmer)Related Sam Newfield movies Tagline STOP . . . killer on a rampage! LOOK . . . violence rides the rails! LISTEN . . . guns blast the night! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Pacific Agent is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as Jack der Killer.
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When released in 2008 on DVD, the New York Times called it a "terse crime film".
Plot
The setting is the present-day American West. Detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.
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It was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.
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