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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.
1948 · Directed by Sidney Lanfield · 87 min · Western · Screenplay in the scene database · 8 frames
Tagline
A STRANGER IN TOWN...WHERE STRANGERS WEREN'T WELCOME!...and he found out a gal double-crossed is Deadly as Poison!
Plot
Two soldiers have been robbed and murdered while guarding a shipment of gold. Into town rides Haven (Dick Powell), a military intelligence officer traveling incognito. When he rides into town, the hotel clerk (Burl Ives) is sitting at the front desk, playing his guitar and singing "a man can't grow old where there's women and gold," segueing the lyrics into a clear warning to leave town.
A beautiful saloon singer (Jane Greer) catches Haven's eye. After he meets Mrs. Caslon (Agnes Moorehead), who owns the gold mine, Haven hears that someone called "Charlie" is the brains behind the scene. He finds out to his surprise that Charlie is the singer.
Charlie's lawyer, Bristow (Raymond Burr), is $6,000 in her debt and therefore might be involved in the gold theft. Haven beats up Charlie's saloon bouncer in a fight and is offered a job as transport chief for the gold. Charlie's friend, Prince (Gordon Oliver), meanwhile, is growing jealous of her interest in Haven.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Frank Fenton, Winston Miller
- Cinematography: Harry J. Wild
- Edited by: Frederic Knudtson
- Music: Heinz Roemheld
- Produced by: Robert Sparks
Cast
- Dick Powell as Lt. John Martin Haven
- Jane Greer as Charlie
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Mary Caslon
- Tom Powers as Captain George Iles
- Gordon Oliver as Prince
- Steve Brodie as Lt. Stellman
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mick Marion
- Raymond Burr as Lawyer Mark Bristow
- Regis Toomey as Jim Goddard
- Michael Steele as Jerry
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Themes: singer, murder, saloon singer
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