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Behind Green Lights (1946) | Slate

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Rated 5.6 on TMDB

Behind Green Lights

This private sleuth has two mysteries to solve at once...Twice the thrills and double the excitement!!!

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.

Released: 1946
Runtime: 1h 4m
Genres: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Scott DarlingScreenplay

Charles G. BoothScreenplay

Cast

Carole LandisJanet Bradley
William GarganSam Carson
Richard CraneJohnny Williams

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Otto BrowerDirector

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Mary AndersonNora Bard

John IrelandOppenheimer

Charles RussellArthur Templeton

Roy RobertsMax Calvert

Mabel PaigeFlossie

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