Directed by:
Ted TetzlaffScreenplay:
Martin RackinCinematography:
George E. DiskantComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Pat O'Brien, Anne Jeffreys, Walter Slezak, Percy Kilbride, Jerome Cowan, George Givot, Jason Robards Sr., Marc Krah, Vince Barnett, Bobby Barber, Tommy Noonan (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A mysterious map holds the key to billions of dollars' worth of crude oil, and some men will stop at nothing to possess it. Pat O'Brien stars as the hard-boiled, Panama-based private eye Dan Hammer, caught in the middle of a dangerous web of murder and intrigue. Hammer is hired as a bodyguard for a shady gentleman who has already killed a man to own the man, a chart that details the hidden location of rich South American oil fields. Then Hammer is approached by an oil company official who originally bought the map and a slick, art German named Molinar (Walter Slezak) - each one wants Hammer to steal the map for him. Further complicating Hammer's predicament is a romantic entanglement with Maxine (Anne Jeffreys), a pretty, blonde nightclub singer. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Pat O'Brien
USA
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Anne Jeffreys
USA
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Walter Slezak
Austria-Hungary
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Percy Kilbride
USA
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Jerome Cowan
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George Givot
USA
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Jason Robards Sr.
USA
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Marc Krah
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Vince Barnett
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Bobby Barber
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Tommy Noonan
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Robert Anderson
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William Alland
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Julian Rivero
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Hector V. Sarno
Italy
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Norbert Schiller
Austria-Hungary
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Fred Essler
Austria-Hungary
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George Ford
USA
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Lou Lubin
USA
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