Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
STRONG-ARM GUY OF A GAMBLING SHIP...Where the Stakes Were Life and Death!
Gênero : Crime, Drama
Runtime : 1H 4M
Director : Lewis D. Collins
Escritor : Albert DeMond
Sinopse
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambling ship, moored off-shore beyond the three-mile limit and operated by gangster Dave Reeves.
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