Bette Davis, George Brent and Ricardo Cortez star in this hard-hitting crime drama inspired by the government case against Al Capone. Unable to nail racketeer Alexander Carston (Cortez) for his criminal deeds, the Feds decided to indict him for tax evasion, but haven't the proof to convict him. Posing as a newspaper reporter, treasury agent Bill Bradford (Brent) woos gangland bookkeeper Julie Gardner (Davis) and get her to hand over the ledgers. Informed by a snitch that Bradford's a T-man and Gardner's agreed to testify, Carston takes steps to silence the dame who double-crossed and betrayed him. Based on a story idea by crime-reporter-turned-screenwriter Martin Mooney (Bullets or Ballots, Detour), Special Agent would be remade by Warner Bros. as Gambling on the High Seas, a 1940 programmer starring Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris and Gilber Roland.
DVD Details
>Rated: G
>Runtime: 1 hours, 16 minutes
>Video: Color
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1935
>Label: Warner
Starring: Bette Davis;George Brent;Ricardo Cortez;Jack La Rue;Henry O'Neill;Robert Strange;Joseph Crehan;J. Carrol Naish;Joe Sawyer;William B. Davidson;Robert Barrat;Paul Guilfoyle;Joe King;Irving Pichel
DVD Details
>Rated: G
>Runtime: 1 hours, 16 minutes
>Video: Color
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1935
>Label: Warner
Starring: Bette Davis;George Brent;Ricardo Cortez;Jack La Rue;Henry O'Neill;Robert Strange;Joseph Crehan;J. Carrol Naish;Joe Sawyer;William B. Davidson;Robert Barrat;Paul Guilfoyle;Joe King;Irving Pichel
This product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player/recorders. To address this, the manufacturer recommends viewing this product on a DVD player that does not have recording capability.