Call a Messenger
Call a Messenger

Movie·1939·1h 5m

Call a Messenger

THE DEAD END KIDS versus THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS Clashing head on...for control of the gutter!

Directed By

Arthur Lubin

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.

Written By

Arthur T. Horman

Producer

Ken Goldsmith

Cinematography

Elwood Bredell

Editor

Charles Maynard

Themes

dead end kidslittle tough guys

Production House

Universal Pictures

Audience Score

80%

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Perfection44%

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Cast

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Jimmy Hogan

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

'Pig'

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Kirk Graham

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Marge Hogan

Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

Frances O'Neill

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Ed Hogan

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Chuck Walsh

El Brendel

El Brendel

'Baldy'

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler

Bob Prichard

George Offerman, Jr.

George Offerman, Jr.

Big Lip

// crew

Crew

Ken Goldsmith

Producer

Arthur Lubin

Arthur Lubin

Director

Arthur T. Horman

Screenplay

Charles Maynard

Editor

Elwood Bredell

Director of Photography

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