The Undercover Man
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The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Undercover Man canonical | 2 |
| article "T-Men vs. the Underworld" by Harry Kleiner | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
T-Man story by Frank J. Wilson
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article "Undercover Man" by Frank J. Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification |
1940s American crime film
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American black-and-white film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Internal Revenue Service investigations
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organized crime ⓘ tax evasion ⓘ |
| director | Joseph H. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | Al Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
pursuit of justice through legal and financial means
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struggle against organized crime ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Treasury agent Frank Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Heinz Roemheld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Treasury investigation of organized crime
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use of tax evasion charges to prosecute a mob boss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on financial investigation rather than violent confrontation
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semi-documentary approach to law enforcement procedures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | March 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Abraham Polonsky
NERFINISHED
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Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| stars |
Barry Kelley
NERFINISHED
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Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ James Whitmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Foch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | semi-documentary ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
article "T-Men vs. the Underworld" by Harry Kleiner