Special Agent (1935)
Directed by William Keighley
Genres - Crime |
Release Date - Sep 14, 1935 (USA - Unknown), Sep 14, 1935 (USA) |
Run Time - 78 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The agent of the title is George Brent, a journalist sent by the Government to get the goods on a crime syndicate. Brent befriends Bette Davis, bookkeeper for suspected crime boss Ricardo Cortez. Bette's cooperation nearly costs her life, but both she and Brent manage a tricky escape during a final shoot-out. The IRS busts Cortez' gang on income tax evasion: Can you say "Al Capone"? Special Agent was remade in 1940 as Gambling on the High Seas, with Wayne Morris and Jane Wyman in the leading roles.
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accounting, agent [representative], anchorperson, arrest, book, city, convict, conviction, crime-lord, criminal, demands, employee, employment, escape, evidence, gangster, government, grand-jury, help, investigation, IRS (Internal Revenue Service), journalism, jury, kidnapping, killing, love, newspaper, plans, police, protection, rackets [corruption], reporter, rescue, romance, shoot-out, suspect, syndicate, tax-evasion, taxes, testimony, undercover
