Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Mar 7, 1940

1h 4m

★ 4.0

STRONG-ARM GUY OF A GAMBLING SHIP...Where the Stakes Were Life and Death!

Overview

Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Outside the Three-Mile Limit Trailers

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Cast

Treasury Agent Conway

Jack Holt

Captain Bailey

Harry Carey

Van Cleve

Sig Ruman

Dave Reeves

Eduardo Ciannelli

Jimmy Rothaker

Donald Briggs

Dorothy Kenney

Irene Ware

Agent Melvin Pierce

Dick Purcell

Lefty Shores

Ben Welden

Bill Swanson

Paul Fix

Ed Morrow

George J. Lewis

Gambler (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Socialite (uncredited)

Kathleen Howard

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