Call a Messenger (1939)
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
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Billy HalopJimmy Hogan
Huntz Hall'Pig'
Robert ArmstrongKirk Graham
Mary CarlisleMarge Hogan
Anne NagelFrances O'Neill
Buster CrabbeChuck Walsh
Victor JoryEd Hogan
El Brendel'Baldy'
Jimmy ButlerBob Prichard
George Offerman, Jr.Big LipMovie DNA
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What is Call a Messenger about?
A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.
How long is Call a Messenger?
Call a Messenger has a runtime of 65 minutes.