The typewriter vs. the tommy gun: A newspaper man digs up dirt that could bury him alive! 🔫✨
Rookie reporter George Mitchell uncovers Assistant DA Larry Dale’s corrupt pact with crime lord Gus Miller. When a courthouse janitor stumbles on their secret, a lethal cover-up forces Mitchell and secretary-turned-avenger Marian Langdon into a high-stakes showdown where truth is the only bulletproof vest.
Original Title: Shoot to Kill (1947) | AKA: Police Reporter
Black & White version: https://youtu.be/CMxu0dorto8
⭐️ STARRING
Edmund MacDonald (Lawrence "Larry" Dale)
Luana Walters (Marian Langdon)
Russell Wade (George Mitchell)
Robert Kent (Gus Miller)
Dewey Robinson (Dixie Logan)
Harry Harvey (Charlie Gill)
🎬 CREW CREDITS
Directed by William Berke (Dillinger, The Falcon in Mexico)
Written by Edwin V. Westrate
Cinematography by Frank Redman (The Devil on Wheels)
Jazz Piano by Gene Rodgers (Live performance cameo!)
🎯 WHY WATCH?
Power Corrupts Absolutely: A blueprint for antihero tales
Russell Wade’s cynical reporter is a hidden gem of 40s noir—think Bogart with a notepad 📝
Berke’s breakneck pacing turns budget limits into claustrophobic tension
Jazz pianist Gene Rodgers —catch the notes of doom! 🎹
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• Film Noir • Crime Drama • 1940s • Cult Classic • Suspense • Vintage Thriller
