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  • Call a Messenger (1939)
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    65 min | Crime, Drama
Call a Messenger (1939)
Approved
65 min | Crime, Drama

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help ...See moreA tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help him go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it. Written by [email protected] See less
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Director
Writers
Arthur T. Horman (screenplay) | Michael Kraike (story) | Sally Sandlin (story)
Cinematographer
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Updated Nov 3, 1939

Release date
Nov 3, 1939 (United States)

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36 cast members
Name Known for
Billy Halop
Jimmy Hogan Jimmy Hogan   See fewer
Huntz Hall
'Pig' 'Pig'   See fewer
Robert Armstrong
Kirk Graham Kirk Graham   See fewer
Mary Carlisle
Marge Hogan Marge Hogan   See fewer
Anne Nagel
Frances O'Neill Frances O'Neill   See fewer
Victor Jory
Ed Hogan Ed Hogan   See fewer
Buster Crabbe
Chuck Walsh (as Larry Crabbe) Chuck Walsh (as Larry Crabbe)   See fewer
El Brendel
'Baldy' 'Baldy'   See fewer
Jimmy Butler
Bob Prichard Bob Prichard   See fewer
Hal E. Chester
Murph (as Hally Chester) Murph (as Hally Chester)   See fewer
Harris Berger
Sailor Sailor   See fewer
Sherwood Bailey
Sweeney (uncredited) Sweeney (uncredited)   See fewer
Wilson Benge
The Butler (uncredited) The Butler (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Bischell
Postal Union Clerk (uncredited) Postal Union Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Cliff Clark
Sgt. Harrison (uncredited) Sgt. Harrison (uncredited)   See fewer
Kernan Cripps
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Jim Farley
Desk Sergeant (uncredited) Desk Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
Louise Franklin
Maid (uncredited) Maid (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Gardner
Paymaster (uncredited) Paymaster (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Gray
Nail (uncredited) Nail (uncredited)   See fewer
John Hamilton
Police Lt. Nelson (uncredited) Police Lt. Nelson (uncredited)   See fewer
J. Anthony Hughes
Elliott Gardner (uncredited) Elliott Gardner (uncredited)   See fewer
Payne B. Johnson
Kid (uncredited) Kid (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Mitchell
The Barber (uncredited) The Barber (uncredited)   See fewer
Lyle Moraine
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
James C. Morton
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank O'Connor
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Jimmy O'Gatty
Al (uncredited) Al (uncredited)   See fewer
Russ Powell
Watchman (uncredited) Watchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Joey Ray
Clerk (uncredited) Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Rickaby
Miss Clarington (uncredited) Miss Clarington (uncredited)   See fewer
Kay Sutton
Virginia Phillips (uncredited) Virginia Phillips (uncredited)   See fewer
Tommy Tucker
Boy (uncredited) Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
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