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Synopsis
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
Edmond O'Brien
Cast
Joanne Dru
Cast
Otto Kruger
Cast
Barry Kelley
Cast
Dorothy Patrick
Cast
Don Porter
Cast
Howard St. John
Cast
Robert Osterloh
Cast
Sammy White
Cast
Fred Aldrich
Cast
Joseph M. Newman
Director
Richard English
Writer
Francis Swann
Writer

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