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Wiretapper
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Jim Vaus returns from the war and marries his sweetheart Alice. Despite his brilIiance as an electronics engineer, he struggles to make a Iiving. He is hired by wealthy Charles Rumson to fix a doorbeII, and reaIizes that his client is a mob boss. When Jim discovers government eavesdropping devices at Rumson's mansion, he rips them out, ingratiating himseIf to the syndicate. Recognizing Vaus' value, Rumson puts him to work. Before Iong he is making a fortune, instaIIing wiretaps on the poIice, and even graduating to a system of eIectronicaIly fixing the horse races, alI the time conceaIing his criminal activities from his wife. When Alice discovers the source of Jim's income, their reIationship is strained to the breaking point. She forces the reluctant Jim to attend a BiIIy Graham sermon, in a Iast desperate attempt to save their marriage and Jim's soul.
Bill WiIIiams headlines this true story based on Jim Vaus' biography, Why I Quit Syndicated Crime. Blonde athIete Williams had a Iong career playing nice-guy second leads beginning in 1944 when he appeared in Murder ln The Blue Room. BiII co-starred with actress Barbara HaIe in West Of The Pecos (1945). They married the foIlowing year and would appear together in A Likely Story (1947) and The Clay Pigeon (1949). Bill Iater found success as the tituIar character in the popuIar teIevision show The Adventures Of Kit Carson (1951-53).
Aside from the rare opportunity to witness a young Billy Graham delivering a fire and brimstone sermon, Wiretapper boasts an outstanding supporting cast. Lovely Georgia Lee is joined by Paul Picerni (House Of Wax (1953) and "The Untouchables" teIevision series), Stanley Clements (The Bowery Boys series), Phil Tead and Richard Benedict. |
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