Call a Messenger
1939 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Billy Halop · Huntz Hall · Robert Armstrong · Mary Carlisle · Anne Nagel · Victor Jory · Buster Crabbe · El Brendel · Jimmy Butler · George Offerman Jr. · Hal E. Chester · William 'Billy' Benedict · David Gorcey · Harris Berger
Soundtrack Hans J. Salter
Screenplay Michael Kraike · Sally Sandlin · Arthur T. Horman
Cinematography Elwood Bredell
Original title Call a Messenger
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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