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Original title
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Year
1949
Running time
76 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Robert L. Richards (Story: Henry Jordan)
Music
Milton Schwarzwald,Miklós Rózsa,Hans J. Salter,Frank Skinner,Leith Stevens
Cinematography
Cast
Howard Duff,Shelley Winters,Dan Duryea,Tony Curtis,John McIntire,Gar Moore,Leif Erickson,Barry Kelley,Hugh Reilly,Wally Maher
Producer
Genre
Film noir. Drama | Crime. Cop Movies. Drugs
Synopsis / Plot
A narcotics agent convinces a convict (one he helped send to Alcatraz) to go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring. The unlikely pair travels from San Francisco to Vancouver and finally to a dude ranch in Tucson that's a run by mob bosses. They end up getting help breaking the case from an unlikely source: the gang leader's dingy blonde girlfriend (Winters) who falls for the narcotics agent during the sting.
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  • Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
  • Johnny Stool Pigeon (William Castle, 1949) 5/10. A noir with a social message about the evils of cocaine. US Treasury agent (Howard Duff) gets the help of a convicted criminal (Dan Duryea) to get to the root of a drug ring in Canada. The crook refuses at first but is coerced into becoming a stool pigeon in exchange for an early parole.
  • A web page featuring information about Johnny Stool Pigeon. Released in the USA on September 22 of 1949, 'Johnny Stool Pigeon' (also known as 'Cocaina') is a Drama/Film-noir/Crime film directed by William Castle. Howard Duff is starring, alongside Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, John McIntire, Gar Moore and Leif Erickson.

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Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 film noir crime film directed by William Castle, and starring, Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea. Tony Curtis, who made his movie debut that same year appearing in Criss Cross, has a non-speaking role as a mob gang member. 'Stool pigeon', in gangster terminology, means a police informant.