Special Agent

Special Agent

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1935-09-14
Duration:76 min
Director:William Keighley
Actors:Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez, Jack La Rue, Henry O'Neill
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures, Cosmopolitan Productions

Overview:

A federal tax agent goes undercover as a reporter and, working with a mobster's pretty bookkeeper, infiltrates a crime ring to catch the racketeer. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.

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