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Wiretapper is a 1955 American biographical crime drama film directed by Dick Ross, written by John O'Dea, and starring Bill Williams, Georgia Lee and Douglas Kennedy. The scenario of the film was based on the true story of Jim Vaus Jr. The score was composed by Ralph Carmichael.
Billed as the true story of an electronics expert of weak moral character who drifts into working for the mob, this film starts out as a well-made crime drama and turns into a tribute to the Rev. Billy Graham, who plays himself. Some people may be turned on or off by that, some may find it comical. Just letting you know.
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- Action, Biography, Crime
- Dick Ross
- 1955-08-10
Based on a true story, Wiretapper tells of an electronics expert released from jail after pilfering army equipment and then getting involved with organized crime in civilian life while trying to keep as much from his wife as possible.
Wiretapper is a 1955 American biographical crime drama film directed by Dick Ross, written by John O'Dea, and starring Bill Williams, Georgia Lee and Douglas Kennedy. The scenario of the film was based on the true story of Jim Vaus Jr. The score was composed by Ralph Carmichael.
For anyone interested in the true story behind the Wiretapper, and "the rest of the story" of what happened to my father after his conversion in 1949, you may want to read my book, "My Father Was a Gangster: The Jim Vaus Story", published by Believe Books in 2007. Story is interesting, acting not particularly compelling. HobbitHole 23 November 2005
Based on a true story, Wiretapper tells of an electronics expert released from jail after pilfering army equipment and then getting involved with organized crime in civilian life while trying to keep as much from his wife as possible.
Wiretapper, directed by Dick Ross, is notable only for its explicitly Christian story which culminates in a lengthy, heavy-handed sermon expostulating the evils of sin and extolling the glory of repentance by none other than Billy Graham, America’s leading religious figure of the 20th century.
