Violence(1947)
YOU READ ABOUT THESE CASES EVERY DAY!
Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.
Movie: Violence
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ann Dwire, alias Ann Mason
Steve Fuller
Fred Stalk
Joker
True Dawson
Ralph Borden
Pop, apartment concierge
Sally Donahue (as Cay Forester)
Dr. Chalmers
Protest Rally Orator
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