Under the Gun (1951)
A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.
Top billed cast
Richard ConteBert Galvin
Audrey TotterRuth Williams
Sam JaffeSamuel Gower
John McIntireSheriff Bill Langley
Shepperd StrudwickMilo Bragg
Gregg MartellNero, Burly Henchman
Phillip PineGandy
Donald RandolphArthur Sherbourne, district attorney
Royal DanoSam Nugent, trustee-gunner
Richard TaberFive Shot
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