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Western Pacific Agent

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Western Pacific Agent
Directed bySam Newfield
Screenplay byFred Myton
Milton Raison (story)
Produced byIrving Kay and Sigmund Neufeld
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byCarl Pierson
Production
company
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release dates
  • March 17, 1950 (1950-03-17) (U.S. premiere)
  • April 10, 1950 (1950-04-10)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Western Pacific Agent is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama directed by Sam Newfield and starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as Jack der Killer.

When released in 2008 on DVD, the New York Times called it a "terse crime film".[1]

Plot

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In the present-day American West, detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.

Cast

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Other

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Western Pacific Agent was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kehr, Dave (December 15, 2008). "New DVDs: 'Bottle Rocket'". New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Manso, Peter (1985). Mailer: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. p. 144. ISBN 9781416562863. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
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