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Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him to help. 1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon Original Press Photo Howard Duff Shelley Winters. C $13.53; or Best Offer +C $16.93 shipping; From United States; KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS.

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Seven years ago,Tony Reagan (Scott Brady), was a low-level member of the Chicago syndicate; he was run out of town back then for being involved with the kingpin Big Jim's niece. Currently, Reagan has been vacationing in Reno, at a lodge in which he intends to invest with the father of an old army buddy. He bumps into an old friend/former colleague from Chicago named Danny Morgan (John Russell). It turns out they are both hoping to soon be married.

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On his way home to Chicago to propose to his girl, Reagan shares the flight with a schoolteacher, Ann McKnight (Peggy Dow), someone he met at a Renocasino and helped win at the gambling table. At the airport, he is met by the police; it seems they have been tipped off that Reagan is looking to stir trouble with Big Jim.

The police put a tail on him, which he shakes on a Chicago elevated train. Reagan meets up with his bride-to-be, Sally Lee (Dorothy Hart). He tells her he will go to Big Jim to make peace. But when the uncle is murdered, Reagan is framed for it.

On the run from both the police and from the unknown murderers, Reagan enlists the help of McKnight and an old buddy, Charles Reckling (Bruce Bennett), a detective. They discover the truth: Morgan is also engaged to Sally Lee, and together they are responsible for murdering her uncle and framing Reagan.

Reagan manages to clear himself, however, after which he and McKnight end up in each other's arms, bound for that lodge in Reno.

Cast[edit]

• Scott Brady as Tony Reagan
• John Russell as Danny Morgan
• Dorothy Hart as Sally Lee
• Peggy Dow as Ann McKnight
• Bruce Bennett as Reckling
• Gregg Martell as Frost
• Robert Anderson as Stoner
• Dan Ferniel as Gene (as Daniel Ferniel)
• Rock Hudson as Detective (as Roc Hudson)
• Charles Sherlock as Cooper
• Anne P. Kramer as Clerk (as Ann Pearce)
• Robert Easton as Fisher

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Undertow on IMDb
• Undertow at AllMovie
• Undertow at the TCM Movie Database

Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 American film noircrime film directed by William Castle and starring Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea.^[1]

Plot[edit]

A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring. The unlikely pair travels from San Francisco to Vancouver and finally to a dude ranch in Tucson which is run by mob bosses. They end up getting help breaking the case from the gang leader's dingy blonde girlfriend (Winters), who falls for the narcotics agent during the sting.

Cast[edit]

• Howard Duff as George Morton aka Mike Doyle
• Shelley Winters as Terry Stewart
• Dan Duryea as Johnny Evans
• Tony Curtis as Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)
• John McIntire as Nick Avery
• Gar Moore as Sam Harrison
• Leif Erickson as Pringle
• Barry Kelley as William McCandles
• Hugh Reilly as Charlie
• Wally Maher as T.H. Benson

Production[edit]

The film was known as Contraband and Partners in Crime.^[2]

It was William Castle's first movie at Universal. He called it 'a pedestrian thriller' whose only claim to fame was featuring Tony Curtis and Shelley Winters in the cast.^[3]

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Critical response[edit]

When the film was released, the film critic for The New York Times, gave the film a tepid review, writing, 'Despite a serious attempt at authenticity it is merely a brisk cops-and-smugglers melodrama, which follows an obvious pattern and is fairly strong on suspense and short on originality and impressive histrionics ... Howard Duff, who has had plenty of experience as a gumshoe both on the radio and in films, is appropriately self-effacing, hard and handsome as the intrepid agent. Dan Duryea adds a surprising twist to his usual characterizations of tough hombres as the convict who turns on his own kind, and Shelley Winters gives a credible performance as the blonde moll who also gives the law a much-needed assist. But aside from a few variations their crime and punishment adventures are cast in a familiar mold.'^[4]

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Johnny Stool Pigeon on IMDb.
2. ^Schallert, Edwin (Mar 22, 1949). 'Saga of War Deserters Due for Screen Telling; Bedoya Joins 'Black Rose''. Los Angeles Times. p. 13.
3. ^Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 120.
4. ^The New York Times, film review, September 23, 1949. Accessed: July 12, 2013.

External links[edit]

• Johnny Stool Pigeon on IMDb
• Johnny Stool Pigeon at AllMovie
• Johnny Stool Pigeon at the TCM Movie Database
• Johnny Stool Pigeon film trailer on YouTube

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