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Call a Messenger is a american film of genre Drama directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 3 november 1939 with Billy Halop

Call a Messenger (1939)

Call a Messenger
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Released in USA 3 november 1939
Length 1h5
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating58% 2.923632.923632.923632.923632.92363

Call a Messenger is a 1939 Universal Studios film that starred Billy Halop and Huntz Hall of the Dead End Kids and several of the Little Tough Guys.

Synopsis

Jimmy Hogan and his gang are caught robbing a post office. Jimmy is given a choice to either go to reform school or work as a messenger boy for the post office as punishment. Jimmy decides to be a messenger boy, and soon drags his pals into the job. The kids eventually enjoy their jobs, especially when their new boss, Frances O'Neill, turns out to be quite attractive.

Actors

Billy Halop

(Jimmy Hogan)Huntz Hall

('Pig')Hal E. Chester

(B. 'Murph' Murphy)William Benedict

(P. 'Trouble' Kearns)David Gorcey

(J. 'Yap' Crawley)
And :
Robert Armstrong
Mary Carlisle
Anne Nagel
Victor Jory
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Little Tough Guys

Little Tough Guy
Little Tough Guy
(1938) Little Tough Guys in Society
Little Tough Guys in Society
(1938) Newsboys' Home
Newsboys' Home
(1938) Code of the Streets
Code of the Streets
(1939) Call a Messenger
Call a Messenger
(1939) You're Not So Tough
You're Not So Tough
(1940) Junior G-Men
Junior G-Men
(1940) Give Us Wings
Give Us Wings
(1940) Sea Raiders
Sea Raiders
(1941) Hit the Road
Hit the Road
(1941) Junior G-Men of the Air
Junior G-Men of the Air
(1942) Keep 'Em Slugging
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)

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