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1949 | B/N | 71

Lieutenant Duke Halliday is accused of stealing the army payroll he was responsible
for, some $300,000. He heads to Mexico to track down the real thief, a certain Jim Fisk. Once in Mexico, he meets Fisk’s embittered ex-girlfriend, whom Fisk has weasled out of her savings with false promises of marriage. Duke and Joan start out on a frantic race over the roads of Mexico, chased by Capitan Blake, hot on Duke’s trail. 


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Siegel; Don
Script: Drayson Adams; Gerald, Homes; Geoffrey
Production: Gross; Jack J.
Photography: Wild; Harry J.
Sound: Brigandi; Phil, Portman; Clem
Music: Harline; Leigh
Cast:Bendix; William, Novarro; Ramón, Knowles; Patric, Qualen; John, Mitchum; Robert, Greer; Jane
Art direction: D'Agostino; Albert S., Berger; Ralph
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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Lieutenant Duke Halliday is accused of stealing the army payroll he was responsible for, some $300,000 in total. He heads to Veracruz, Mexico, to track down the real thief, one Jim Fisk. Once in Mexico, he meets Fisk’s embittered ex-girlfriend, whom Fisk has weaseled out of her savings with false promises of marriage. Duke and Joan embark on a frantic race along the roads of Mexico, with Capitan Blake hot on Duke’s trail.

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