A Dangerous Profession (1949)
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Top billed cast
George RaftVince Kane
Ella RainesLucy Brackett
Pat O’BrienJoe Farley
Bill WilliamsClaude Brackett
Jim BackusPolice Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Roland WintersJerry 'Mac' McKay
Betty UnderwoodElaine Storm
Robert GistRoy Collins, aka Max Gibney
David BauerMatthew Dawson (as David Wolfe)
Harry Brown
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