Short Cut to Hell

1h 29m
CrimeDramaThriller
5.7

A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit; she tries to convince him to surrender before it's too late.

Cast

William Bishop
Sgt. Stan Lowery
Robert Ivers
Kyle Niles
Georgann Johnson
Glory Hamilton
Yvette Vickers
Daisy
Murvyn Vye
Nichols
Jacques Aubuchon
Bahrwell
Peter Baldwin
Carl Adams
Richard Hale
AT
Milton Frome
Police Captain
Douglas Spencer
Train Conductor
Sarah Selby
Secretary
James Cagney
Himself (prologue)

Crew

James Cagney
Director
W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
Albert Maltz
Screenplay
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Graham Greene
Novel
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
A.C. Lyles
Producer
Bud Bashaw Jr.
Makeup Artist
Bob Fender
Publicist

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