"Thieves and Killers are my Clients!"
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
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The people behind it
George Raft
Vince Kane
Ella Raines
Lucy Brackett
Pat O'Brien
Joe Farley
Bill Williams
Claude Brackett
Jim Backus
Police Lt. Nick Ferrone / Narrator (voice)
Roland Winters
Jerry 'Mac' McKay
Betty Underwood
Elaine Storm
Robert Gist
Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
David Bauer
Matthew Dawson (as David Wolfe)
Harry Brown
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