Howard Duff
George Morton
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Evans is an imprisoned crook whose wife died as a result of a vicious narcotics ring. Federal agent Howard Duff works out a deal with Evans, who agrees to help the agent infiltrate the gang.
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Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring.
Johnny Stool Pigeon. In San Francisco, during the 1940s, US Treasury agents interrupt an illicit exchange between a sailor and a drug dealer. During the shootout, the sailor is killed but the...
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- US
- Kino Lorber
- English
Johnny Stool Pigeon: Directed by William Castle. With Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Tony Curtis. US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- William Castle
- 1949-04-20
Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. [ 1] Plot. A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz to go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring.
Johnny is released from prison and, though he vows revenge against Morton, coaches him on how to act and dress like a criminal. Calling himself Mike Doyle, Morton joins Johnny at the Arctic Trading Company and convinces its owner, William McCandles, that he is a potential drug buyer with connections at the Mexican border.
Jun 1, 2022 · Cult filmmaker William Castle, the macabre mastermind behind House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts and Let’s Kill Uncle, delivers a different kind of shadowy suspense story with Johnny Stool Pigeon.
