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Wikipedia article




'Western Pacific Agent ' is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama directed by Sam Newfield and starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as 'Jack der Killer'.

When released in 2008 on DVD, the 'New York Times' called it a "terse crime film".

Plot



In the present-day American West, detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.

Cast



*Kent Taylor as Rod Kendall

*Sheila Ryan as Martha Stuart

*Mickey Knox as Frank Wickens

*Morris Carnovsky as Joe 'Pop' Wickens

*Robert Lowery as Bill Stuart

Other



'Western Pacific Agent' was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.

References




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