"Savage TRUTH! Stronger than Fiction!"

1949

1h 19m

6.6(96 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.

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55 members

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Richard Basehart

Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

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Scott Brady

Police Sgt. Marty Brennan

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Roy Roberts

Police Captain Breen

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Whit Bissell

Paul Reeves

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James Cardwell

Police Sgt. Chuck Jones

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Jack Webb

Lee Whitey

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Reed Hadley

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Frank Cady

Pete Hammond

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Dorothy Adams

Milk Customer

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Jane Adams

Nurse Scanion (uncredited)

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Jack Bailey

Witness in Pajamas and Robe (uncredited)

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Alma Beltran

Miss Montalvo (uncredited)

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Robert Bice

Detective with Capt. Breen (uncredited)

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Dolores Castelli

Witness (uncredited)

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George Chan

Chinese Suspect (uncredited)

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Garrett Craig

Patrolman (uncredited)

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John Dehner

Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited)

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Ann Doran

Dispatcher (uncredited)

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Rex Downing

Young Hoodlum (uncredited)

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Michael Dugan

Patrolman (uncredited)

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Paul Fierro

Spanish-Speaking Detective (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Freddie (uncredited)

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Kay Garrett

Doctor (uncredited)

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Tim Graham

Uniformed Sergeant (uncredited)

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Kit Guard

Suspect (uncredited)

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Harry Harvey

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

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Thomas Browne Henry

Dunning (uncredited)

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Peter Hobbes

Milkman (uncredited)

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Virginia Hunter

Miss Smith (uncredited)

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Felice Ingersoll

Records Clerk (uncredited)

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Anthony Jochim

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

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Stan Johnson

Artist (uncredited)

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Louise Kane

Mrs. Rawlins (uncredited)

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Tommy Kelly

Redhead (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

Mailman (uncredited)

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Charles Lang

Policeman (uncredited)

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Lyle Latell

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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Rory Mallinson

Detective with Harry (uncredited)

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Billy Mauch

Handsome (uncredited)

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John McGuire

Officer Robert Rawlins (uncredited)

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Charles Meredith

Hollywood Police Official (uncredited)

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Carlotta Monti

Miss Montavio (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Detective (uncredited)

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Howard Negley

Lt. Greeson (uncredited)

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James Nolan

Harry (uncredited)

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John Parrish

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

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Steve Pendleton

Detective (uncredited)

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John Perri

Young Hoodlum (uncredited)

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Paul Scardon

Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

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Kenneth Tobey

Detective Questioning Pete (uncredited)

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Wally Vernon

Postman (uncredited)

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Harlan Warde

Police Operator 27 (uncredited)

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Mary Ware

Reeves' Secretary (uncredited)

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Robert B. Williams

Detective (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Prison Inmate (uncredited)

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