Secret Service Investigator

May 31, 1948

1h 0m

★ 6.0

SHOCKING SUSPENSE...in the Smash Story of the Screen!

Overview

Lloyd Bridges plays a flying ace war hero who gets sucked into a counterfeiting scheme by opposing gangs of crooks.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Secret Service Investigator Trailers

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Cast

Susan Lane

Lynne Roberts

Steve Mallory / Dan Redfern

Lloyd Bridges

Otto Dagoff

George Zucco

Laura Deering Redfern

June Storey

Trevor Bardette

Benny Deering

John Kellogg

Herman

Jack Overman

Al Turk

Roy Barcroft

Secret Service Inspector Crehan

Douglas Evans

Miller

Milton Parsons

Police Inspector Thorndyke

James Flavin

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