Rent The Undercover Man (1949)
3.3 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 25min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. The agent struggles to put together a case but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers. Although most informants end up dead, Agent Warren gets critical information about the mob from an unlikely source.
- Actors:
- Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore, Barry Kelley, David Bauer, Frank Tweddell, Howard St. John, John F. Hamilton, Leo Penn, Joan Lazer, Esther Minciotti, Angela Clarke, Anthony Caruso, Robert Osterloh, Kay Medford, Patricia Barry, Richard Bartell, Peter Brocco, John Butler, Wheaton Chambers
- Directors:
- Joseph H. Lewis
- Producers:
- Robert Rossen
- Voiced By:
- John Ireland
- Narrated By:
- John Ireland
- Writers:
- Frank J. Wilson, Jack Rubin, Sydney Boehm, Malvin Wald
- Aka:
- Chicago Story
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/11/2020
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Tony Rayns on 'The Undercover Man'
- The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988): archival audio recording
- The Guardian Interview with Kim Novak (1997): archival video recording
- It's a Jungle Out There: archival interview with Robert Loggia
- The Fleet That Came to Stay (1945): WWII documentary made by Budd Boetticher
- Screen Snapshots: 'Mickey Rooney, Then and Now' (1953): promotional short
- Man on a Bus (1955): short film directed by Joseph H Lewis
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
- Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included
- World and UK premiere on Blu-ray
