Les yeux des bas-fonds

Original title: Eyes of the Underworld

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Lon Chaney Jr., Wendy Barrie, Richard Dix, and Don Porter in Les yeux des bas-fonds (1942)

Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.

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Richard Dix

Police Chief Richard Bryan

Wendy Barrie

Betty Standing

Lon Chaney Jr.

Benny
(as Lon Chaney)

Lloyd Corrigan

J.C. Thomas

Don Porter

Edward Jason

Billy Lee

Mickey Bryan

Marc Lawrence

Gordon Finch

Edward Pawley

Lance Merlin

Joseph Crehan

Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

Wade Boteler

Sgt. Clancy

Steve Pendleton

Hub Gelsey
(as Gaylord Pendleton)

Mike Raffetto

Fred - District Attorney

Paul Bryar

Taylor
(uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Boy fighting Mickey
(uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Kelly - Policeman
(uncredited)

Eddie Coke

Earle S. Dewey

Phil - Bartender
(uncredited)

Eddie Foster

Speed
(uncredited)

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- Roy William Neill
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Richard Dix and Lon Chaney Jr. both appeared in an earlier film, Badlands of Dakota (1941).

With the outbreak of World War II, the government severely cuts back its allotment of steel and rubber for domestic use, and consequently, automobile theft runs rife ...

Police chief Bryan (Richard Dix) vows to put a car theft ring out of business. But the criminals fight back, using the fact that Bryan was once a jailbird himself to help in framing him and getting him out of office. But he has help, especially from his frightfully loyal assistant Benny (Lon Chaney Jr.) and secretary Betty (Wendy Barrie

The likeable Richard Dix and werewolf Lon Chaney Jr team up as hero and sidekick in this breezy crime thriller- the pace is brisk, the dialogue is sharp, and there's some neat urban interior noir photography. It's nice to see Lon Chaney in a good Guy role, a sidekick, and quite a loyal one.