Western Pacific Agent

1950 film by Sam Newfield

March 17, 1950 (1950-03-17) (U.S. premiere)
April 10, 1950 (1950-04-10)

Running time

65 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Western Pacific Agent is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama directed by Sam Newfield and starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as Jack der Killer.

When released in 2008 on DVD, the New York Times called it a "terse crime film".^[1]

Plot

In the present-day American West, detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.

Cast

Kent Taylor as Rod Kendall
Sheila Ryan as Martha Stuart
Mickey Knox as Frank Wickens
Morris Carnovsky as Joe 'Pop' Wickens
Robert Lowery as Bill Stuart

Other

Western Pacific Agent was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.^[2]

References

^ Kehr, Dave (December 15, 2008). "New DVDs: 'Bottle Rocket'". New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ Manso, Peter (1985). Mailer: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. p. 144. ISBN 9781416562863. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

External links

Western Pacific Agent at IMDb

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Films directed by Sam Newfield

1930s

The Important Witness (1933)
Big Time or Bust (1933)
Reform Girl (1933)
Under Secret Orders (1933)
Undercover Men (1934)
Beggar's Holiday (1934)
Marrying Widows (1934)
Northern Frontier (1935)
Code of the Mounted (1935)
Branded a Coward (1935)
Trails of the Wild (1935)
Bulldog Courage (1935)
Racing Luck (1935)
Roarin' Guns (1936)
Border Caballero (1936)
The Lion's Den (1936)
Federal Agent (1936)
Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
Ghost Patrol (1936)
Burning Gold (1936)
Aces and Eights (1936)
Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
The Traitor (1936)
Roarin' Lead (1936)
Stormy Trails (1936)
The Gambling Terror (1937)
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
Trail of Vengeance (1937)
Melody of the Plains (1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
Guns in the Dark (1937)
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
Doomed at Sundown (1937)
Boothill Brigade (1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
The Fighting Deputy (1937)
Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
Moonlight on the Range (1937)
The Fighting Deputy (1937)
The Colorado Kid (1937)
Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
Paroled – To Die (1938)
The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
Thunder in the Desert (1938)
Code of the Rangers (1938)
The Feud Maker (1938)
Phantom Ranger (1938)
Knight of the Plains (1938)
Songs and Bullets (1938)
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
Desert Patrol (1938)
Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
Frontier Scout (1938)
Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
Six-Gun Trail (1938)
Six-Gun Rhythm (1938)
Crashing Through Danger (1938)
The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Trigger Pals (1939)
Code of the Cactus (1939)
Texas Wildcats (1939)
Outlaws' Paradise (1939)
Straight Shooter (1939)
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939)
Trigger Fingers (1939)
Flaming Lead (1939)
The Invisible Killer (1939)
Fighting Mad (1939)
Death Rides the Range (1939)

1940s

Texas Renegades (1940)
The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)
Marked Men (1940)
I Take This Oath (1940)
Gun Code (1940)
Hold That Woman! (1940)
Frontier Crusader (1940)
Arizona Gang Busters (1940)
Secrets of a Model (1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Riders of Black Mountain (1940)
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
The Texas Marshal (1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
Raiders of the West (1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
The Lone Rider in Texas Justice (1942)
Jungle Siren (1942)
Law and Order (1942)
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
Prairie Pals (1942)
Border Roundup (1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
Overland Stagecoach (1942)
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
The Mad Monster (1942)
Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
The Mysterious Rider (1942)
Queen of Broadway (1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Wild Horse Rustlers (1943)
Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Death Rides the Plains (1943)
Western Cyclone (1943)
The Black Raven (1943)
Wolves of the Range (1943)
Cattle Stampede (1943)
Law of the Saddle (1943)
Raiders of Red Gap (1943)
Danger! Women at Work (1943)
Blazing Frontier (1943)
Tiger Fangs (1943)
Devil Riders (1943)
Harvest Melody (1943)
Nabonga (1944)
Frontier Outlaws (1944)
Thundering Gun Slingers (1944)
The Monster Maker (1944)
Valley of Vengeance (1944)
The Contender (1944)
The Drifter (1944)
Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Swing Hostess (1944)
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Oath of Vengeance (1944)
His Brother's Ghost (1945)
The Kid Sister (1945)
The Lady Confesses (1945)
Gangster's Den (1945)
Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
Apology for Murder (1945)
White Pongo (1945)
Border Badmen (1945)
Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
Prairie Rustlers (1945)
Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
Shadows of Death (1945)
Lightning Raiders (1946)
Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
The Flying Serpent (1946)
Murder Is My Business (1946)
Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
Terrors on Horseback (1946)
Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
Blonde for a Day (1946)
Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Prairie Badmen (1946)
Queen of Burlesque (1946)
Overland Riders (1946)
Gas House Kids (1946)
Lady Chaser (1946)
Three on a Ticket (1947)
Adventure Island (1947)
Jungle Flight (1947)
Money Madness (1948)
Lady at Midnight (1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
The Counterfeiters (1948)
Miraculous Journey (1948)
She Shoulda Said No! (1949)
State Department: File 649 (1949)

1950s

Motor Patrol (1950)
Hi-Jacked (1950)
Radar Secret Service (1950)
Western Pacific Agent (1950)
Three Desperate Men (1951)
Mask of the Dragon (1951)
Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
Lost Continent (1951)
Leave It to the Marines (1951)
Sky High (1951)
Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
Outlaw Women (1952)
Lady in the Fog (1952)
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
Frontier Gambler (1956)
The Three Outlaws (1956)
Last of the Desperados (1956)
Wolf Dog (1958)
Flaming Frontier (1958)

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