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Undercover Agent is a american film of genre Drama directed by Howard Bretherton released in USA on 19 april 1939 with Russell Gleason

Undercover Agent (1939)

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Released in USA 19 april 1939
Length 1h5
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating53% 2.6598552.6598552.6598552.6598552.659855

Undercover Agent is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton.

The film is also known as Sweepstake Racketeers in the United Kingdom.

Synopsis

This script must be run from the command line

Actors

Russell Gleason

(Bill Trent)Shirley Deane

(Betty Madison)J. M. Kerrigan

(Tom 'Pop' Madison)Maude Eburne

(Mrs. Minnow)Oscar O'Shea

(Pat Murphy)
And :
Ralf Harolde
Selmer Jackson
Ralph Sanford
Dick Elliott
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