Johnny Stool Pigeon.

A melodrama about a Treasury Department narcotic agent who, aided by a convict, traps an international dope ring operating on the West Coast.

A narcotics agent convinces a convict he helped send to Alcatraz go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring. The unlikely pair travels from San Francisco to Vancouver and finally to a dude ranch in Tucson. They end up getting help breaking the case from the gang leader's dingy blonde girlfriend (Winters)

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Cast
Shelley Winters, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea

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Complete catalog record
JOHNNY STOOL PIGEON. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 76 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A melodrama about a Treasury Department narcotic agent who, aided by a convict, traps an international dope ring operating on the West Coast. Credits: Producer, Aaron Rosenberg; director, Walter Castle; story, Henry Jordan; screenplay, Robert L. Richards; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Ted J. Kent. Cast: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Anthony Curtis, John McIntire. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2559.