Howard Duff
George Morton
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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. [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.
- Universal International Pictures
- Aaron Rosenberg
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 (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
- William Castle, Jesse Hibbs, Gordon Mclean
- Howard Duff
I t’s a noir story that’s been told many times — law enforcement goes undercover to infiltrate a crime syndicate — but William Castle’s Johnny Stool Pigeon is lifted up by its exceptional cast and a brisk pace that keeps the action moving from San Francisco to Canada to an Arizona dude ranch to the Mexican border.
