Special Agent

(1949)

71 minutes

Action / Crime / Western

Directed by William C. Thomas

Narrated by Truman Bradley 

Cast:

William Eythe as Johnny Douglas
Kasey Rogers as Lucille Peters
Paul Valentine as Edmond Devereaux
George Reeves as Paul Devereaux
Carole Mathews as Rose McCreary
Tom Powers as Chief Special Agent Wilcox
Raymond Bond as Sheriff Babcock
Frank Puglia as Grandfather Devereaux
Walter Baldwin as Pop Peters
Jeff York as Jake Rumpler
Virginia Christine as Mabel Rumpler
Robert Williams as Supt. Olmstead
Joseph Granby as Sheriff Dodson
Morgan Farley as Dr. Bowen
John Hilton as Frank Kent
Peter Miles as Jake Rumpler Jr.
Jimmy Hunt as Tim Rumpler
Arthur Stone as Tad Miller
 
Villainous brothers Paul and Edmond Devereaux (George Reeves and Paul Valentine) commit a daring daylight train robbery, where four witnesses are killed after one of the brothers' faces was revealed. Special railroad agent Johnny Douglas (William Eythe) is put in charge of the investigation, and pursues the brothers relentlessly, aided by heroine Lucille Peters (Kasey Rogers), whose father was one of the witnesses killed in the robbery. One of the rare roles where George Reeves, 1950's " Superman ," portrayed the villain . Filmed on location in an atmospheric small town in California.