Guilty Bystander (1950)
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
Top billed cast
Zachary ScottMax Thursday
Faye EmersonGeorgia
Mary BolandSmitty
Sam LeveneCaptain Tonetti
J. Edward BrombergVarkas
Kay MedfordAngel
Jed ProutyDr. Elder
Harry LandersBert
Elliott SullivanStitch
Ray JulianJohnny
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