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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
A US Treasury agent recruits a convict to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring in Canada and Mexico. Starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Tony Curtis, directed by William Castle.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- William Castle
- 1949-04-20
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A crime drama film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. It follows the adventures of a smuggler and his partner who are framed for a murder in Mexico.
- William Castle, Jesse Hibbs, Gordon Mclean
- Howard Duff
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Starring Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters and a young Tony 'Anthony' Curtis, Johnny Stool Pigeon cuts its chops on role reversal, as dyed-in-the-wool copper Howard Duff toughens up to the wrong side of the law, becoming an undercover hood in order to bust a massive drug ring.
Treasury agent George Morton (Howard Duff) convinces a prisoner he knew as a kid (Dan Duryea) to help him go undercover in "Johnny Stool Pigeon" from 1949. Along the way, they meet Shelley Winters, who works in a mob club, and she becomes involved in their scheme.
