Western Pacific Agent

Western Pacific Agent
Directed bySam Newfield
Screenplay byFred Myton
Milton Raison (story)
Produced byIrving Kay and Sigmund Neufeld
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byCarl Pierson
Production
company
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release dates
  • March 17, 1950 (1950-03-17) (U.S. premiere)
  • April 10, 1950 (1950-04-10)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Western Pacific Agent is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama directed by Sam Newfield and starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as Jack der Killer.

When released in 2008 on DVD, the New York Times called it a "terse crime film".[1]

Plot

In the present-day American West, detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.

Cast

Other

Western Pacific Agent was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kehr, Dave (December 15, 2008). "New DVDs: 'Bottle Rocket'". New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Manso, Peter (1985). Mailer: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. p. 144. ISBN 9781416562863. Retrieved April 6, 2015.


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