Directed by:
Joseph H. LewisScreenplay:
Sydney BoehmCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
George DuningCast:
Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore, Barry Kelley, David Wolfe, John F. Hamilton, Howard St. John, Leo Penn, Esther Minciotti, Edwin Max, Joe Mantell (more)Plots(1)
Based on Federal Agent Frank J Wilson’s pursuit of Al Capone, The Undercover Man is a noir classic from one of its master directors, Joseph H Lewis. Glenn Ford plays a treasury agent charged with taking down a shadowy mob boss known only as the ‘Big Fellow’, only to find that the police have been paid off, and witnesses are getting bumped off. With solid support from Nina Foch, James Whitmore and Barry Kelley, The Undercover Man is a brilliant documentary-style thriller, a tale ‘told with the snarl of a machine gun! (Powerhouse Films)
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