Accomplice

Accomplice

Accomplice

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Accomplice

"Racing Against Time... Chasing The Woman He Hated!"

1946

1h 8m

5.8(11 votes)

Crime

Mystery

Overview

A private detective and his assistant are hired to find a missing husband by the detective's former girlfriend who dumped him. The case is quickly complicated by a sexy brunette, a missing bank executive, a castle in the desert, and a dead body with its "head blown off" but identified as the husband.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

Simon Lash

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Joyce Kimball Bonniwell

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Eddie Slocum

Marjorie Manners

Marjorie Manners

Evelyn Price

Archie Twitchell

Archie Twitchell

[as Michael Brandon] Sheriff Rucker

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Lt. Hayden

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

Marshal Jeff Bailey

Francis Ford

Francis Ford

King Connors

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

Vincent Springer

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Jim Bonniwell

Creative team

Directed by: Walter Colmes
Written by: Irving Elman
Frank Gruber
Produced by: John K. Teaford

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