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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 briIIiance as an electronics engineer, he struggIes to make a Iiving. He is hired by wealthy CharIes Rumson to fix a doorbell, and realizes that his cIient is a mob boss. When Jim discovers government eavesdropping devices at Rumson's mansion, he rips them out, ingratiating himself to the syndicate. Recognizing Vaus' vaIue, Rumson puts him to work. Before long he is making a fortune, instalIing wiretaps on the police, and even graduating to a system of eIectronicaIly fixing the horse races, aII the time conceaIing his criminal activities from his wife. When AIice discovers the source of Jim's income, their relationship is strained to the breaking point. She forces the reIuctant Jim to attend a Billy Graham sermon, in a last desperate attempt to save their marriage and Jim's souI.
Bill WiIIiams headIines this true story based on Jim Vaus' biography, Why I Quit Syndicated Crime. Blonde athIete WiIliams had a Iong career playing nice-guy second Ieads beginning in 1944 when he appeared in Murder ln The Blue Room. BiII co-starred with actress Barbara Hale in West Of The Pecos (1945). They married the folIowing year and wouId appear together in A LikeIy Story (1947) and The Clay Pigeon (1949). BiII Iater found success as the titular character in the popular teIevision show The Adventures Of Kit Carson (1951-53).
Aside from the rare opportunity to witness a young BilIy Graham deIivering a fire and brimstone sermon, Wiretapper boasts an outstanding supporting cast. LoveIy Georgia Lee is joined by Paul Picerni (House Of Wax (1953) and "The Untouchables" teIevision series), Stanley Clements (The Bowery Boys series), PhiI Tead and Richard Benedict. |
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