Outside the Law

Jun 1, 1956

1h 21m

★ 6.0

T-Men blast counterfeiting racket!

Overview

A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Outside the Law Trailers

Cast

John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo

Ray Danton

Maria Craven

Leigh Snowden

Don Kastner

Grant Williams

Chief Agent Alec Conrad

Onslow Stevens

Philip Bormann

Raymond Bailey

Agent Maury Saxton

Judson Pratt

Agent Pill Schwartz

Jack Kruschen

Agent Harris

Floyd Simmons

Milo

Mel Welles

Warden Lewis

Alexander Campbell

Mrs. Pulenski (as Karen Verne)

Kaaren Verne

Mr. Pulenski

Maurice Doner

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

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6.3

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7.4

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7.0

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7.5

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6.9

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8.3

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0.0

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6.1

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7.0

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7.6

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5.2

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8.2

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6.0

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