Summaries

After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.

Dick Powell stars as Haven, an undercover Army investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen. Traveling incognito, Haven arrives in a small frontier outpost, where saloon singer Charlie controls all illegal activities. After making short work of Charlie's burly henchman, Haven gets a job in her organization biding his time and gathering evidence against the gorgeous crime boss. Cast as a philosophical hotel keeper, Burl Ives is afforded the opportunity to sing a ballad.—R. Alberts

Details

Keywords
  • shoulder holster
  • woman with a gun
  • man with no name
  • arizona
  • arizona territory
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Western
Release date Mar 16, 1949
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Sedona, Arizona, USA
Production companies RKO Radio Pictures

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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