Summaries

Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub. Joe planned the theft in order to pay a debt to Nick Pollo (George Meeker)with the $100,000 insurance money he would collect. Sherry double-crossed Joe by wearing an imitation one, while she threw the real one, hidden in a cotton snowball, to Nick during the floor show. But Spud Warner (Eddie Acuff), a newspaper photographer, there with newspaper reporter Rusty Farrell (Douglas Fowley, takes a snowball from her basket and Nick receives an empty one. The Blue Diamond disappears. Aided by a private investigator, Ellen Dale(Pamela Blake), Chick finds himself pitted against the criminals searching for the missing Blue Diamond.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • character name as title
  • three word title
  • newspaper photographer
  • alliteration in title
  • chick carter character
Genres
  • Action
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jul 10, 1946
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Production companies Sam Katzman Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 3h 48m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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