Traffic in Crime

1946· 56 min★ 5.9· Action, Crime

Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the two leading gangsters, a mob girl, 'Silk" Cantrell, and a bribe-taking police official, into setting ambushes and death-traps for him, which backfire on them, and achieve his assignment directive.

Cast: Kane Richmond, Anne Nagel, Adele Mara

Director: Lesley Selander