Johnny Allegro (1949)

Directed by

Ted Tetzlaff

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-gangster works as a federal agent for a short time. He gets on the wrong side of a counterfeiting crime boss who likes to hunt people.

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What happens

Johnny Allegro is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring George Raft. An ex-gangster (Raft), temporarily working as a federal agent, runs afoul of a counterfeiting crime lord (Macready) who enjoys hunting. It was one of several thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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