Directed by:
Herbert I. LeedsCinematography:
Henry FreulichComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley, Elisabeth Risdon, Marguerite Churchill, John Kellogg, Bernadene Hayes, Robert Bice (more)Plots(1)
Master con artist Anthony Wells and his team of sham spiritualists and séance operators have found the perfect mark: a wealthy widow (Elisabeth Risdon) convinced that Well's phony Rama Society can put the grieving woman in touch with her deceased son. The con is on, and the LAPD's bunco squad is out to stop it in this brisk B documentary-style crime tale that features intriguing glimpses of mid-century Los Angeles locales. Robert Sterling (TV's Topper Series) plays an investigating cop closing in on Wells (Ricardo Cortez). The cast also includes Dante - aka Dante the Magician - whose amazing stage shows were once international sensations. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Joan Dixon
USA
Ricardo Cortez
USA
Best movies:
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Locket (1946)
Douglas Fowley
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Elisabeth Risdon
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Marguerite Churchill
USA
Best movies:
The Big Trail (1930)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
John Kellogg
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Out of the Past (1947)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Bernadene Hayes
USA
Best movies:
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Caught (1949)
Robert Bice
USA
Best movies:
One Man Mutiny (1955)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Vivien Oakland
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Way Out West (1937)
Richard Irving
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Raw Deal (1948)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Rand Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Robert F. Hill
Canada
Best movies:
The More the Merrier (1943)
Cover Girl (1944)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Dick Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)