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Call a Messenger (1939)

Call a Messenger

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1h 5m

Crime, Drama

November 3rd, 1939

5.7/10

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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.

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Cast

Billy Halop
Jimmy Hogan
Huntz Hall
'Pig'
Robert Armstrong
Kirk Graham
Mary Carlisle
Marge Hogan
Anne Nagel
Frances O'Neill
Victor Jory
Ed Hogan
Buster Crabbe
Chuck Walsh
El Brendel
'Baldy'
Jimmy Butler
Bob Prichard
George Offerman Jr.
Big Lip
Full cast & crew

Directors

Arthur Lubin
Full cast & crew

Producers

Ken Goldsmith
associate producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Arthur T. Horman
screenplay
Michael Kraike
story
Sally Sandlin
story
Full cast & crew

Taglines

THE DEAD END KIDS versus THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS Clashing head on...for control of the gutter!
CALL THE RIOT SQUAD! Because the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys are battling for control of the gutter!
FIGHTING WITH TIGER FURY...to protect his sister from the smudge of the streets!
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Keywords

policeman
post office
robbery
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

April 26th, 1941 (Denmark)
January 17th, 1940 (Mexico)
February 21st, 1944 (Portugal)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Call a Messenger (original title)
Den skrappe bande (Denmark)
Trabajo redentor (Mexico)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

65 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Universal Pictures (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

Empire Universal Films (Canada)
Acme Films (Philippines)
Universal Film (Sweden)
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