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Behind Green Lights(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-02-15
54%
23 Votes
Time: 1h 4m
Overview:
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Behind Green Lights
Top 10 Billed Cast
Carole Landis
Janet Bradley
William Gargan
Lt. Sam Carson
Richard Crane
Johnny Williams, Reporter
Mary Anderson
Nora Bard
John Ireland
Det. Oppenheimer
Charles Russell
Arthur Templeton
Roy Roberts
Max Calvert
Mabel Paige
Flossie
Stanley Prager
Ruzinsky, Milkman
Charles Tannen
Ames, Reporter
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An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
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1946-02-15
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