T-Men (1947)

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two U.S. Treasury agents go undercover to break up a counterfeiting ring. They must pose as criminals while staying under the radar of a dangerous mob.

tensegrimproceduralgrittyshadowysuspensefulneutralauthentic

What happens

T-Men is a 1947 semidocumentary and police procedural style film noir about United States Treasury agents. The film was directed by Anthony Mann and shot by noted noir cameraman John Alton. The production features Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart and Charles McGraw. A year later, director Mann used the film's male lead, Dennis O'Keefe, in Raw Deal. The film was endorsed by the U.S. Treasury Department: the opening credits are displayed over an image of the department's seal, then former Chief Coordinator of the department's six agencies Elmer Lincoln Irey delivers a monologue describing the objectives of those agencies and lauding their accomplishments. He describes the movie as a composite case from the files entitled "The Shanghai Paper Case". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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