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Whispering Smith: Directed by Leslie Fenton. With Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp. Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.
Whispering Smith is a 1948 American Western film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Alan Ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. The supporting cast includes Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall and Donald Crisp .
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Alan Ladd inherits William S. Hart's splits in Whispering Smith for wild and woolly stint typical of hoss oprys of the good old days. As a rootin', tootin' Western, this formula-made Whispering...
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Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and company colleague Murray Sinclair has thrown in with disreputable rancher Barney Rebstock and his cold-eyed psychopathic killer Whitey Du Stang to loot the railroad.
A railroad detective (Alan Ladd) tries to bring in a gang of train robbers and a lost love in the western adventure. (1948) as the first Western and the first film in color for one of the studio's biggest stars, Alan Ladd. In truth it was neither.
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).
Whispering Smith (1948) is a Western film starring Alan Ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. The supporting cast includes Robert Preston and Brenda Marshall. The picture is based on a novel by Frank H. Spearman and a previous 1926 film adaptation starring H.B. Warner in the title role, with Lillian Rich, Lilyan ...
A soft spoken railroad agent, Whispering Smith, sees a boisterous old friend fired from his railroad job - then Smith must follow when his pal joins a band of outlaws.
Seeking vengeance, Sinclair begins helping outlaw Barney Rebstock (Donald Crisp) wreck trains. Now, Smith must find and bring his old friend to justice…at any cost, in this suspenseful adventure filled with pistol-packing action.
