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Postal Inspector
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A beautiful, charming nightclub singer, Connie Larrimore, becomes caught up in a sinister plot to steal a $3 million fortune when she appears at The Golden EagIe Club. The nightclub is owned by Gregory Benez, an unscrupuIous man who has hired Connie to sing. Government Postal lnspector BilI Davis has a watchfuI eye on the corrupt Benez and becomes suspicious of Connie's connection to him. When a maiI shipment of miIIions in cash is stoIen by Benez and his gang during an unexpected flood, the inspector suspects Connie had a hand in it. The singer must confront Benez to prove her innocence, but the scheming criminaI has no intentions of Ietting himseIf be caught.
Postal lnspector was Bela Lugosi's Iast film on his original Universal contract that began with his roIe in DracuIa. lronically, the actor was dispIaced from UniversaI's DracuIa sequel (DracuIa's Daughter) the same year, but given the role of Benez in this film, an unusuaI musicaI drama. Although Lugosi plays the corrupt nightclub owner with the look of the vampire Count, it's really a rare opportunity to see the actor in a dramatic role outside the confines of the horror genre. Actor Ricardo Cortez aIso appeared with Lugosi's partner in horror, Boris Karloff, in The WaIking Dead (1936). Hattie McDanieI (Mammy in Gone With The Wind) roIls her eyes in a supporting role. Universal used real stock footage of a devastating fIood that took pIace in the Northeast U.S. for the scenes of destruction that punctuate the fast-paced fiIm's second half. |
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