Post Office Investigator

It's a simple trick to steal some rare stamps at an auction. The girl at the desk, Jeff Donnell, passes them to to Marcel Journet while he writes out a check for another sale, hiding it in his catalogue. He hands it to his mute assistant, Danny Cannon, and then asks Cannon to get him a glass of water. Cannon drops it into an envelope and thence into a mail drop, addressed to Journet. The forgeries ar soon discovered, but Journet has been operating under a fake name and a forged check. But Miss Donnell waits by the mail box and sweet talks post man Warren Douglas into giving her the envelope, promising him a date.

The postal inspectors are sympathetic, but when it's pointed out it's using the mails in a felony, they swing into action by.... telling Douglas he can act as a decoy, which will square the beef.

There are some moments of excitement in this B movie directed by George Blair, mostly caused by Miss Donnell being a headstrong and greedy woman with a gun, but it's B material all the way. With Audrey Long, Richard Benedict, Jimmie Dodd, and Jason Robards Sr.

The world of stamp collecting provides the setting and some rare stamps are stolen from a private auction and switched for fake copies. The forgery is discovered, no-one is allowed to leave the room and the police are called. However, they find nothing on any of the attendees and everyone is released. Mailman Warren Douglas (Bill) becomes inadvertently mixed up in the deception that has been carried out when he gets fixated on going on a date with secretary Audrey Long (Clara). He is asked to go undercover to unravel the gang responsible.

It's not a bad idea for a film and the story zips along. It never gets dull. It does, however, lose points for being extremely dumb. You will ask yourself what is going on as Audrey Long's character is completely by-passed in the police investigation of the crime. I'm afraid that error makes the whole film daft. And, therefore, not good. Warren Douglas is also a rubbish leading man as his dialogue delivery is monotone and almost depressing to listen to. So, it's a shame, but the film gets half-marks for being poorly thought out. Should have been better.