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Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949). In 1 official list. This movie ranks #442 in TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films.

Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 film noircrime film directed by William Castle, and starring, Howard Duff, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea.^[1]

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.

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Plot

A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz 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 which is run by mob bosses. They end up getting help breaking the case from the gang leader's dingy blonde girlfriend (Winters), who falls for the narcotics agent during the sting.

Cast

• Howard Duff as George Morton aka Mike Doyle
• Shelley Winters as Terry Stewart
• Dan Duryea as Johnny Evans
• Tony Curtis as Joey Hyatt
• John McIntire as Nick Avery
• Gar Moore as Sa m Harrison
• Leif Erickson as Pringle
• Barry Kelley as William McCandles
• Hugh Reilly as Charlie
• Wally Maher as T.H. Benson

Production

The film was known as Contraband and Partners in Crime.^[2]

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Reception

Critical response

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When the film was released, the film critic for The New York Times, gave the film a tepid review, writing, 'Despite a serious attempt at authenticity it is merely a brisk cops-and-smugglers melodrama, which follows an obvious pattern and is fairly strong on suspense and short on originality and impressive histrionics ... Howard Duff, who has had plenty of experience as a gumshoe both on the radio and in films, is appropriately self-effacing, hard and handsome as the intrepid agent. Dan Duryea adds a surprising twist to his usual characterizations of tough hombres as the convict who turns on his own kind, and Shelley Winters gives a credible performance as the blonde moll who also gives the law a much-needed assist. But aside from a few variations their crime and punishment adventures are cast in a familiar mold.'^[3]

References

1. ↑Johnny Stool Pigeon on IMDb .
2. ↑Saga of War Deserters Due for Screen Telling; Bedoya Joins 'Black Rose' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 22 Mar 1949: 13.
3. ↑The New York Times, film review, September 23, 1949. Accessed: July 12, 2013.

External links

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• Johnny Stool Pigeon film trailer on YouTube

In this sharp film noir, a government narcotics agent (Howard Duff) springs a convict (Dan Duryea) he once sent to prison so the convict can help him infiltrate a heroin smuggling ring. The trail leads through San Francisco, Vancouver, Tucson and Mexico before the final showdown back in Tucson. Along the way the pair has to eliminate one of the gang members (Tony Curtis) who recognizes the agent, but they get a crucial assist from the gang leader’s girl (Shelley Winters) after she falls for the handsome narcotics agent and decides to go straight.

Johnny Stool Pigeon was Curtis’s first major role, even though he doesn’t speak throughout the entire film.

production details
USA | Universal | 76 minutes | 1949

Director: William Castle
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Original Story: Henry Jordan
Cinematography: Maury Gertsman
Editor: Ted J. Kent
Music: Milton Schwarzwald
Script: Robert L. Richards
Special Effects: David S. Horsley

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cast
Shelley Winters as Terry Stewart
Tony Curtis as Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)
Leif Erickson as Pringle
Joe Turkel as Bellboy (uncredited)
Howard Duff as George Morton
Dan Duryea as Johnny Evans
John McIntire as Nick Avery
Gar Moore as Sam Harrison
Barry Kelley as William McCandles
Hugh Reilly as Charlie
Wally Maher as T.H. Benson

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