The Undercover Man (1949)

The Undercover Man (1949)

„The Undercover Man“ is a 1949 crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis. The screenplay by Jack Rubin and Sydney Boehm is based on the article „Undercover Man: He Trapped Capone“ by Frank J. Wilson published in Collier's magazine in 1947.

Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.

Cast:

• Glenn Ford – Frank Warren
• Nina Foch – Judith Warren
• James Whitmore – George Pappas
• Barry Kelley – Attorney Edward J. O’Rourke
• David Bauer – Stanley Weinburg
• Frank Tweddell – Inspector Herzog
• Howard St. John – Joseph S. Horan
• John F. Hamilton – Police Desk Sergeant Shannon
• Leo Penn – Sydney Gordon
• Joan Lazer – Rosa Rocco
• Esther Minciotti – Maria Rocco
• Angela Clarke – Theresa Rocco
• Anthony Caruso – Salvatore Rocco
• Robert Osterloh – Emanuel „Manny“ Zanger
• Kay Medford – Gladys LaVerne
• Patricia Barry – Muriel Gordon
• Marcella Cisney – Alice Ferguson
• Richard Bartell – Bailiff
• Kenneth Harvey – Big Man
• Ralph Volkie – Big Man
• Than Wyenn – Cabbie
• Peter Virgo – Cigar-Store Owner/Bookie
• Robert Haines – Coroner’s Office Phone Clerk
• Ben Erway – Court Clerk
• George Douglas – District Attorney
• William Vedder – Druggist
• Arthur Tovey – Federal Agent Guarding Witnesses
• Michael Cisney – Fred Ferguson
• Bill Stubbs – Gambler
• John Butler – Grocer/Bookie
• Tom Coffey – Gunman
• William Rhinehart – Gunman
• Sidney Dubin – Harris
• Cy Malis – Hoodlum
• Glen Thompson – Hoodlum
• Harlan Warde – Hoodlum
• Jack Gordon – Hoodlum
• Paul Marion – Hoodlum
• Roy Darmour – Hoodlum
• Ted Jordan – Hoodlum
• Wally Rose – Hoodlum
• Billy Nelson – Horse Parlor Bouncer
• Edwin Max – Horse Parlor Manager
• Peter Brocco – Johnny
• Sol Gorss – Joseph Clark, Hoodlum
• Everett Glass – Judge Allen F. Parker
• Frank Mayo – Jury Foreman
• Paul Kruger – Malibu Policeman
• Robert Malcolm – Malibu Policeman
• Cosmo Sardo – Man Departing Train
• Larry Steers – Man in Movie Audience
• Al Murphy – Minor Role
• Bernard Sell – Minor Role
• Daniel Meyers – Minor Role
• Ed Randolph – Minor Role
• Esther Zeitlin – Minor Role
• Franklin Parker – Minor Role
• Irene Martin – Minor Role
• Sam LaMarr – Minor Role
• Stella Razeto – Minor Role
• Helen Wallace – Mrs. O’Rourke
• Virginia Farmer – Mrs. Weisner
• John Ireland – Narrator (voice)
• Joe Mantell – Newsboy
• Tom Hanlon – Newsreel Announcer
• John George – Onlooker at Murder Scene
• Wheaton Chambers – Parker’s Secretary
• Kit Guard – Passerby
• Bert Stevens – Plainclothesman
• Tom Coleman – Plainclothesman
• Allen Mathews – Policeman
• Brian O’Hara – Policeman
• Jim Drum – Policeman
• Joe Palma – Policeman
• Pat Lane – Policeman
• Rose Plumer – Rocco Tenement Resident
• Silvio Minciotti – Vendor

„Alarm in der Unterwelt“ (The Undercover Man) ist ein Kriminalfilm von 1949 unter der Regie von Joseph H. Lewis. Das Drehbuch von Jack Rubin und Sydney Boehm basiert auf dem Artikel „Undercover Man: He Trapped Capone“ von Frank J. Wilson, der 1947 im Collier's Magazine erschien.

Der Agent des Finanzministeriums, Frank Warren, übernimmt den Fall eines Mafiaführers, der sich der Zahlung von Steuern auf seine unrechtmäßig erworbenen Gewinne entzogen hat.