Double Cross

USA 1941
produced by
John G. Bahmann for PRC
directed by Albert H. Kelley
starring Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore, Wynne Gibson, John Miljan, Richard Beach, Mary Gordon, Robert Homans, William Halligan, Frank Moran, Heinie Conklin, Daisy Ford, Edward Keane, Walter shumway, Ted Wray, Jimmie Fox, Charles F.Miller, Clancy Cooper, Franklyn Farnum, Harry Harvey, Donald Houston
story by John A.Albert, screenplay by Milton Raison, Ron Ferguson

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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After his best friend Steve (Richard Beach) hooked up with gangster's moll Faye (Wynne Gibson) and in the process got shot in a police raid for a murder he didn't commit, cop Jimmy Murray (Kane Richmond) decides to go after the gangsters himself - by hooking up with Faye - who thinks a cop on her side might come in handy -, then intentionally being unhonourably discharched , and trying to hook up with Taggart's gang (John Miljan), the gang Faye's also a part of.

When he gets his girlfriend Ellen (Pauline Moore) - Steve's sister, incidently - to shoot a picture of Taggart and the mayor though, all hell breaks loose, and Taggart kills Faye, who he thinks betrayed him, then puts Jimmy in a truck full of gunman and calls the police commissioner (Robert Homans), who's Jimmy's father no less, informing him that his own son is driving a truck with smuggled goods. The commissioner doesn't want to let his son throw away his life, and tries to meet him on his own, which plays right into Taggart's hands, as he wants to have an opportunity to catch the commissioner alone and kill him. But Jimmy can inform police headquarters about the real deal concerning his truck via makeshift radio, and ultimately, all the gangsters inside the truck are shot down by motorcycle cops before the truck has even reached Jimmy's dad. And in the end of course, Jimmy is rehabilitated.

Not a great film, equipped with a rather predictable plot and rather obviously made on the cheap, but also rather well-paced and competently directed to remain entertaining throughout.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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