''Million Dollar Pursuit'' is a 1951
film noir
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crime film
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directed by
R. G. Springsteen
Robert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.
Biography
Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1904, S ...
and starring
Penny Edwards,
Grant Withers and
Norman Budd.
[Martin p.470] The film's
art direction
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was by
Frank Hotaling.
Plot
Cast
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Penny Edwards as Ronnie LaVerne
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Grant Withers as Carlo Petrov
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Norman Budd as Monte Norris
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Michael St. Angel
Michael St. Angel (1916–1984) was an American film actor.
Biography
Second lead and featured actor Michael St. Angel was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1916, to Jasper and Giacomina St. Angel, the son of a prominent real estate businessman and ...
as Police Lieut. Matt Whitcomb
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Rhys Williams as Waxman 'Waxey' Wilk
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Mikel Conrad
Mikel Conrad (30 July 1919 – 11 September 1982) was an American actor and film director, writer and producer. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 63.
Filmography Actor
* ''Untamed Fury'' (1947) - 'Ga ...
as Louie Palino
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Paul Hurst
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As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, ba ...
as Ray Harvey
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Denver Pyle
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as Nick Algren
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Ted Pavelec as Muller
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John De Simone as Speed Nelson
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Don Beddoe as Bowen
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Ed Cassidy as Deputy Sheriff
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Edward Clark as Holcomb
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John Hamilton as Police Inspector Morgan
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George Brand as Parker
* Jack Shea as Police Lieut. Spears
* Bill Baldwin as Radio Announcer
* Noel Reyburn as Henley
* Sam Sebby as Driver
References
Bibliography
* Len D. Martin. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959''. McFarland, 1998.
External links
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1951 films
1951 crime films
American crime films
Films directed by R. G. Springsteen
Republic Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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