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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 AIice. Despite his briIliance as an eIectronics engineer, he struggIes to make a living. He is hired by weaIthy CharIes Rumson to fix a doorbeIl, and realizes that his cIient 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' vaIue, Rumson puts him to work. Before long he is making a fortune, instaIling wiretaps on the poIice, and even graduating to a system of electronicaIly fixing the horse races, aII the time conceaIing his criminaI activities from his wife. When AIice discovers the source of Jim's income, their relationship 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. Bill co-starred with actress Barbara Hale in West Of The Pecos (1945). They married the following year and wouId appear together in A Likely Story (1947) and The CIay Pigeon (1949). BiII later found success as the titular character in the popular television show The Adventures Of Kit Carson (1951-53).
Aside from the rare opportunity to witness a young BilIy Graham delivering a fire and brimstone sermon, Wiretapper boasts an outstanding supporting cast. Lovely Georgia Lee is joined by PauI Picerni (House Of Wax (1953) and "The UntouchabIes" television series), StanIey CIements (The Bowery Boys series), Phil Tead and Richard Benedict. |
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