Twelve Crowded Hours

Feb 23, 1939

1h 4m

★ 5.2

Murder Pays BIG in the Policy Racket!

Overview

An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Nick Green

Richard Dix

Paula Sanders

Lucille Ball

Dave Sanders

Allan Lane

Detective Sergeant Joe Keller

Donald MacBride

George Costain

Cy Kendall

Red

John Arledge

James McEwen

Granville Bates

Tom Miller

Bradley Page

Thelma

Dorothy Lee

Berquist

Addison Richards

Louie Allen

Murray Alper

Jimmy

John Gallaudet

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

7.2

The Band Wagon

Aug 7, 1953

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

6.1

Under the Gun

Feb 22, 1951

A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.

6.1

Johnny Eager

Dec 9, 1941

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

6.9

The Big Racket

Aug 12, 1976

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.

6.0

Desert Fury

Aug 15, 1947

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

6.3

The Walking Dead

Feb 29, 1936

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

6.9

Hide-Out

Aug 24, 1934

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.

5.2

Violence

May 9, 1947

Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.

4.9

The Racketeer

Nov 9, 1929

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.

5.1

Noose

Sep 28, 1948

Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...

5.9

Action in Arabia

Feb 18, 1944

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.

6.0

What Price Safety!

Feb 5, 1938

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

4.8

Eyes of the Underworld

Oct 2, 1942

Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.

5.6

Stage Struck

Jun 13, 1948

A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.

6.0

Racketeers in Exile

Mar 30, 1937

In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival that inspires the man to begin billing himself as a "born-again" evangelist so he can cash in on the guilty consciences of local businessmen.

4.3

You're Not So Tough

Jul 26, 1940

The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.

4.7

Fast and Furious

Oct 6, 1939

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.

5.9

Parole Girl

Mar 4, 1933

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.