Un periodista convertido en agente fiscal se infiltra en una banda criminal para atrapar a un mafioso, colaborando con su contadora. Al aceptar testificar, un soplón los delata y la secuestr... Leer todoUn periodista convertido en agente fiscal se infiltra en una banda criminal para atrapar a un mafioso, colaborando con su contadora. Al aceptar testificar, un soplón los delata y la secuestran.Un periodista convertido en agente fiscal se infiltra en una banda criminal para atrapar a un mafioso, colaborando con su contadora. Al aceptar testificar, un soplón los delata y la secuestran.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Jake Andrews
- (as Jack LaRue)
- Joe Durell
- (as J. Carroll Naish)
- Ned Rich
- (as Joseph Sauers)
- Charlie Young
- (as William Davidson)
- Agent Wilson
- (as Joseph King)
- Arcade Manager
- (sin créditos)
- Pinball Onlooker
- (sin créditos)
- Carston's Henchman
- (sin créditos)
- 122 Club Doorman
- (sin créditos)
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- Guionistas
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By the way, if you see the film and it seems familiar, this appears to be a reworking of the plot from the MGM film THE SECRET SIX. There are just too many similarities to be coincidental, as both heroes are government agents whose cover is newspaper reporter.
This is a fairly routine drama with good acting and some solid action. Davis is very young and blonde here, and not as glamorized as she is in other early films - "The Man Who Played God," "Fashions of 1934" or "Ex-Lady" but nevertheless quite pretty. She's a little too classy to be a mob bookkeeper; as the character, however, she exhibits intelligence, which certainly Julie would have. Brent is his usual pleasant self as Bill, and Cortez is a sinister gangster.
The only part of the film that gave me a giggle was the riddling of men with machine guns as they continued to stand until their bodies must have had more holes than Swiss cheese before dramatically falling. Certainly they would have been dead long before the 100th bullet.
Interesting for early Davis and the always good Cortez.
This flick had a good story about trying to bring down a mobster (Ricardo Cortez) with a T-Man (George Brent) posing as a newspaper reporter. You have to suspend belief at some of the story, but it's not 2007! Brent and Davis would join forces later with Bogey and Ronald Reagan in the Oscar-nominated Dark Victory.
At least she got her favorite leading man in Special Agent and in the title role. George Brent has the perfect cover for being a Special Agent for the Treasury Department. He's a reporter which means he can go places see things and ask questions and no one suspects. Least of all gambler/racketeer Ricardo Cortez who Brent has been working on for years to take down.
Of course this film was done with the successful prosecution of Al Capone in the mind of the movie-going public. Davis keeps Cortez's books and Brent is keeping company with her. Here the story is rather vague. Did he like her before or after he learned she was keeper of the records in her own code so even Cortez can't decipher it. His convincing Bette to turn on Cortez wasn't really convincing to me.
Coming off best in this film is Ricardo Cortez. He is one shrewd article who has his fingers everywhere, it's why no one's caught him till now and Brent nearly doesn't get him this time.
Special Agent did Bette Davis and George Brent no harm and great things were in the offing for Bette Davis.
Martin Mooney, who provided the story on which this film is based, was a newspaper man and well aware that the government was sending noted racketeers up the river for income tax evasion. Al 'Scarface' Capone was indicted by a federal grand jury for that offense and spent eight years behind bars starting in 1931.
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- TriviaThe Hays office objected to a bit of dialogue by character Alexander Carston, so rather than reshoot the scene, the sound was eliminated.
- ErroresWhen Richie takes Bill away to the castle, the feet of crew members and camera equipment are clearly reflected on the car.
- Citas
[first lines]
[the Chief of the IRS can be seen in an office, addressing various men. As he explains the necessary information, he can be seen walking around the office. Among the ones present is Bill Bradford.]
Chief of Internal Revenue Service: Gentlemen, as you know, the inability of local governments to cope with crime has necessitated the Federal Government stepping in to protect the American people. Our part of that job is to rid the country of the gambler, the business racketeer, and the illicit profiteer who have been operating within and above the law. The Treasury Department, being limited in their function, has sent you men out to gather information, that will enable us to use the one weapon we have. The Income Tax Law. Millions of dollars in illicit profits from illegal enterprises have been hidden away by these racketeers inside and outside the law. No income tax has been paid on these millions. But that hidden and untaxed money will send these men to prison. We'll rid the country of these men who have so far laughed at every law. Now you men have been called in here today to be told one thing, go after them. Get their books and statements and don't stop until you have the evidence. These are my orders. The dictum of the Secretary of the Treasury and the command of the American People. Now some of you men have been undercover and observing for over a year. You're through observing. You're going into action. If necessary, you'll raid to get this evidence. There's one man, however, we prefer to take alive, Alexander Carston. It's easy enough to kill him, but to put him behind the bars is to prove that the cleverest racketeer isn't smart enough to outsmart the Federal Government.
[the IRS Chief looks at Bradford]
Chief of Internal Revenue Service: You get that, Bradford?
Bill Bradford: [smiles and nods] Yes, sir.
- ConexionesFeatured in All About Bette (1994)
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- Special Agent
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- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 16min(76 min)
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1