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Western Pacific Agent is a 1950 Sigmund Neufeld Productions crime drama directed by Sam Newfield and starring Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, and Mickey Knox. The picture was written by Fred Myton based on a story by Milton Raison. It was released in West Germany as Jack der Killer.

Western Pacific Agent
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Screenplay by	Fred Myton Milton Raison (story)
Produced by	Irving Kay and Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematography	Ernest Miller
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Production company	Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release dates	March 17, 1950 (1950-03-17) (U.S. premiere) April 10, 1950 (1950-04-10)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

When released in 2008 on DVD, the New York Times called it a "terse crime film".[1]

Plot

In the present-day American West, detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.

Cast

• Kent Taylor as Rod Kendall
• Sheila Ryan as Martha Stuart
• Mickey Knox as Frank Wickens
• Morris Carnovsky as Joe 'Pop' Wickens
• Robert Lowery as Bill Stuart

Other

Western Pacific Agent was the last Hollywood film Morris Carnovsky made before he was blacklisted.[2]

References

External links

• Western Pacific Agent at IMDb

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