Decoy

Decoy

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1946-09-14
Duration:76 min
Director:Jack Bernhard
Actors:Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard
Production:Bernhard-Brandt Productions, Monogram Pictures

Overview:

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

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