Outside the Three-Mile Limit(1940)
STRONG-ARM GUY OF A GAMBLING SHIP...Where the Stakes Were Life and Death!
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves.
Movie: Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Top 10 Billed Cast
Treasury Agent Conway
Captain Bailey
Van Cleve
Dave Reeves
Jimmy Rothaker
Dorothy Kenney
Agent Melvin Pierce
Lefty Shores
Bill Swanson
Ed Morrow
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