6.7
Summary
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Fingerprint
Not for comfort, warmth or scares.
Cast
24 of 28
William PowellDonald Free
Margaret LindsayJanet Reynolds
Arthur HohlDan Hogan
Ruth DonnellyAmy Moran
Gordon WestcottTony Bandor
Natalie MoorheadHelen Burns
James BellWhitey
Hobart CavanaughHarcourt S. Burns
Irving BaconCab Driver
Arthur ByronTracey (Uncredited)
Heinie ConklinBartender (Uncredited)
Eddie DunnClub Doorman (Uncredited)
Charles LaneProcess Server (Uncredited)
Eddie PhillipsMrs. Wright's Paramour (Uncredited)
Georges RenaventShip's Captain Henri LaFarge (Uncredited)
Sheila TerryMrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Charles Cahill WilsonClub Bartender (Uncredited)
Toby WingFree's Lady Friend (Uncredited)
Joan BarclayGambler (Uncredited)
Bill ElliottMan at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Theresa HarrisJanet's Maid (Uncredited)
Rolfe SedanCasino Man (Uncredited)
Joan StandingClient with Free (Uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Written by
- Rian James, Raoul Whitfield
- Produced by
- Hal B. Wallis
- Music by
- Bernhard Kaun
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Related
Titles like Private Detective 62
You are here: Private Detective 62
Point to compare, tap or drag to moveHold to compare, tap or drag to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with Private Detective 62
Private Detective 621933
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)Bob le Flambeur (1956)Charley Varrick (1973)Pickup on South Street (1953)CAT (2022)Double Indemnity (1944)The Two Faces of January (2014)The Butcher (1970)From Hell (2001)The Big Combo (1955)Fallen Angel (1945)Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)Straight Time (1978)The Big Sleep (1946)City on Fire (1987)Gun Crazy (1950)Beirut (2018)D.O.A. (1949)Gorky Park (1983)Scarlet Street (1945)Rififi (1955)The Lady from Shanghai (1947)The Letter (1940)Harper (1966)Blackmail (1929)Breakheart Pass (1975)Infernal Affairs II (2003)The Ipcress File (1965)The Sicilian Clan (1969)Johnny Guitar (1954)Shanghai Express (1932)The Naked Spur (1953)The Killing (1956)The Mastermind (2025)Motherless Brooklyn (2019)The Killers (1946)Mr. Arkadin (1955)Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)The Big Clock (1948)The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)The Long Good Friday (1980)Saboteur (1942)Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)Black Friday (2004)The Day of the Jackal (1973)The Missouri Breaks (1976)Little Caesar (1931)Kiss of Death (1947)Kurup (2021)Le Corbeau (1943)Man of the West (1958)The Boston Strangler (1968)Farewell, My Lovely (1975)The Age of Shadows (2016)Dark Passage (1947)The Big Heat (1953)Fury (1936)The Petrified Forest (1936)Old Henry (2021)Death and Other Details (2024)Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)Joe Kidd (1972)
More crime movies
- American Psycho (2000)
GoodWatch score 72 - Fargo (1996)
GoodWatch score 87 - Saw (2004)
GoodWatch score 62 - El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
GoodWatch score 78 - Mystic River (2003)
GoodWatch score 83 - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
GoodWatch score 63 - Wanted (2008)
GoodWatch score 66 - The Shadow's Edge (2025)
GoodWatch score 79
Facts
June 10, 1933 · 1 h 6 min · NR
- Released
- June 10, 1933
- Runtime
- 1 h 6 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- French
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 3 countries
Tropes
You Wouldn't Shoot Me, Hand of Death, For the Evulz +9