Wiretapper

Wiretapper

🎞️ Movie 80 min US
โ˜… 5.6 /10 1955

The true-life drama of the man who kept the Gangsters, the Gamblers and the Bookies always one step ahead of the law - until the moment when he tapped in on a direct line to God!

Jin Vaus, Jr., U.S. Army electronics expert, is sentenced to a stockade term for unauthorized use of government equipment. He keeps it a secret from his fiancée, Alice, and pretends he has been overseas when he is discharged, and they are married.. He opens an electrical engineering company and becomes involved with a gangster mob headed by Charles Rumsden. She begs him to quit but he is useful to the crooks, discovering wiretaps, setting up alarm systems and even saving a hoodlum's life by disconnecting a time bomb. Gang-member Tony urges Jim to invent a device that could tap lines carrying race results and delay them so they could make some big money on post-race betting. After Tony is killed by a fellow mobster, Alice persuades Jim to attend a tent meeting held by evangelist Billy Graham. Graham's sermon and words so inspire Jim that he gives up his criminal activities.

Cast

Bill Williams
Bill Williams
Jim Vaus Jr.
Georgia Lee
Georgia Lee
Alice Park Vaus
Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Kennedy
Charles Rumsden
Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict
Romato
Stanley Clements
Stanley Clements
Tony
Paul Picerni
Paul Picerni
Herbie
Ric Roman
Ric Roman
Nick Castro
Steve Conte
Steve Conte
Al
Phil Tead
Phil Tead
Mailman
Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell
Prison Chaplain
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Ralph Carmichael
Composer
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Ralph Woolsey
Cinematographer