"A STRANGER IN TOWN...WHERE STRANGERS WEREN'T WELCOME!...and he found out a gal double-crossed is Deadly as Poison!"

1948

1h 27m

6.1(25 votes)

Western

Overview

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

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46 members

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Dick Powell

Lt. John Martin Haven

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Jane Greer

Charlie

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Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Mary Caslon

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Tom Powers

Captain George Iles

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Gordon Oliver

Prince

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Steve Brodie

Lt. Stellman

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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Mick Marion

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Raymond Burr

Lawyer Mark Bristow

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Regis Toomey

Jim Goddard

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Michael Steele

Jerry

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Olin Howland

Cook

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John Berkes

Pianist

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Dan White

Pete

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John Kellogg

Ben

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Charles Middleton

Sheriff

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John Doucette

Bartender

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Suzi Crandall

Girl

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Burl Ives

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)

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Al Bain

Townsman (uncredited)

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Stanley Blystone

Bouncer (uncredited)

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Rudy Bowman

Townsman (uncredited)

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Chet Brandenburg

Waiter (uncredited)

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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Townsman (uncredited)

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Bing Conley

Waiter (uncredited)

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Victor Cox

Kibitzer (uncredited)

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Art Felix

Barfly (uncredited)

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Slim Gaut

Dancer (uncredited)

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Herman Hack

Townsman (uncredited)

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Al Hill

Dice Table Croupier (uncredited)

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Robert Jefferson

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

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Ethan Laidlaw

Townsman (uncredited)

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Cactus Mack

Barfly (uncredited)

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Frank Matts

Barfly (uncredited)

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Leo J. McMahon

Rider (uncredited)

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Monte Montague

Brawl Spectator (uncredited)

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Bud Osborne

Brawl Spectator / Holdup Man (uncredited)

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William Phipps

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Joey Ray

Stickman (uncredited)

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Sammy Shack

Bartender (uncredited)

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Jack Stoney

Bouncer (uncredited)

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Lomax Study

Townsman (uncredited)

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Marie Thomas

Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

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Jack Tornek

Barfly (uncredited)

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Sid Troy

Townsman (uncredited)

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Robert Gates

Sam (uncredited)

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