Traficantes da Morte

Título original: Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949
Not Rated
1 h 16 min

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Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, and Howard Duff in Traficantes da Morte (1949)

US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaUS Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.

Direção
- William Castle
Roteiristas
- Henry Jordan
- Robert L. Richards
Artistas

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Direção
- William Castle
Roteiristas
- Henry Jordan
- Robert L. Richards
Artistas

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Joey Hyatt
(as Anthony Curtis)

John McIntire

Nick Avery

Gar Moore

Sam Harrison

Leif Erickson

Pringle

Barry Kelley

William McCandles

Hugh Reilly

Charlie

Wally Maher

T.H. Benson

Patricia Alphin

McCandle's Secretary
(não creditado)

Gregg Barton

Treasury Man
(não creditado)

Mary Bayless

Ranch Guest
(não creditado)

Eumenio Blanco

Pallbearer
(não creditado)

Tex Brodus

Nightclub Patron
(não creditado)

James Conaty

Courtroom Spectator
(não creditado)

Oliver Cross

Nightclub Patron
(não creditado)

Dulce Day

Train Passenger
(não creditado)

Direção
- William Castle
Roteiristas
- Henry Jordan
- Robert L. Richards
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Curiosidades
The old plane seen outside the airport hangar at the end, was a captured Japanese Nakajima B5N ("Kate") Torpedo Bomber from World War II. It had been shot down at the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The plane had been sent to Arizona and stored at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, Arizona for warfare aeronautical studies during the beginning of the war. It was lent to the movie producers.

Erros de gravação
Near the end, when Morton and the plane are on a collision course, we see through Morton's car window the plane has lifted off, and is about to clear the car, but when they cut to the crash, the plane hasn't left the ground.

Citações
Terry Stewart: [in Canada, while Johnny and Terry are dancing] Where're you from, Johnny?
Johnny Evans: The States - California.
Terry Stewart: Ohh, California... you mean there's still a place where it's warm and got palm trees... and you can lie out in that lovely hot sun all the year round...
Johnny Evans: I guess so. You know California?
Terry Stewart: Uh-uh. Ah, I was brought up in Tucson - Arizona. Wish I'd never left it. Been in this dump for 2 years. The only time I've ever been warm was once I went to sleep with a cigarette and I set the bed on fire.

Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
[prologue] In their never-ending task of law enforcement, the officers of the Bureau of Narcotics and the Bureau of Customs of the United States Treasury fight many battles such as the one you are about to see. Their successes are a tribute to their skill, intelligence and courage. To their fearless officers we respectfully dedicate this picture.

Conexões
Referenced in Johnny Staccato: An Angry Young Man (1960)

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Duff and Duryea team up to bring down drug smugglers

Treasury agent George Morton (Howard Duff) convinces a prisoner he knew as a kid (Dan Duryea) to help him go undercover in "Johnny Stool Pigeon" from 1949.

Along the way, they meet Shelley Winters, who works in a mob club, and she becomes involved in their scheme. The three of them wind up at a Tucson dude ranch run by John McIntire as they attempt to uncover a heroin smuggling operation going through Nogales.

Duryea and Duff share a mutual dislike. The question is, will Duryea reveal to the mobsters that Duff is a cop? Meanwhile, a mute mob associate (Tony Curtis) recognizes Duff from somewhere, but he doesn't seem to be able to put it together.

Pretty routine story with good acting, directed by William Castle, told in the sem-documentary style that was popular for movies involving the government in the '40s.

The striking thing about this film to me was how incredibly young these actors were! Shelley Winters was slender and pretty, Duff was trim and handsome, and Curtis was positively adorable. This was his third film; he came to the attention of audiences when he danced with Yvonne DeCarlo in Criss Cross. Easy to see why. I'm prejudiced. I used to work for him.