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Post Office Investigator (1949)

Post Office Investigator poster
Directed by
George Blair
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A postal inspector investigates the theft of valuable postage stamps. The inquiry leads him into a world of criminals and suspects. This is a straightforward 1940s crime story.

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What happens

Post Office Investigator is a 1949 black and white American crime film about the theft of postage stamps, directed by George Blair, and starring Audrey Long, Warren Douglas and Jeff Donnell. Allmovie called it a "diligent Republic programmer." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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