Johnny Allegro (Hounded) (1949)
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A reformed gangster, accustomed to a life of danger, finds himself dealing with a new and different threat in this adventure thriller. Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro… More A reformed gangster, accustomed to a life of danger, finds himself dealing with a new and different threat in this adventure thriller. Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro is asked to help get the goods on Morgan Vallin (George MacReady), a polished counterfeiter who is involved in a right-wing plot to bring down the American government by flooding the U.S. economy with bogus currency. Allegro makes his way to the island that's Vallin's base of operations, with Glenda Chapman (Nina Foch) in tow, and he convinces Vallin that he's a fugitive from American justice. Vallin takes Allegro and Glenda in, but he soon discovers Johnny's true identity, and Allegro learns that Vallin has a bizarre hobby -- he likes to hunt, but he feels that humans are a more interesting quarry than animals. Vallin gives his guests a head start, then sets out to capture them, hoping to fell Johnny and Glenda with silver-tipped arrows, while the two agents hope that their associate Schultzy (Will Geer) will arrive in time to save them. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ted Tezlaff, Ted Tetzlaff
- Written By
- Karen DeWolf, Guy Endore
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 26, 1949 Wide
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Cast
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George Raft
as Johnny Allegro
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Nina Foch
as Glenda Chapman
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George Macready
as Morgan Vallin
- Will Geer
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Gloria Henry
as Addie
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Ivan Triesault
as Pelham Vetch
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Harry Antrim
as Pudgy
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William 'Bill' Phillips
as Roy
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Walter Rode
as Grote
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Paul E. Burns
as Gray
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Eddie Acuff
as Maintenance Man
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Mary Bear
as Nurse
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Frank Dae
as Dr. Jaynes
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Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Jeffrey
- Chuck Hamilton
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Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton
as Young Man
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Cosmo Sardo
as Waiter
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Harlan Warde
as Coast Guard Officer
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Fred F. Sears
as Desk Clerk
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Ted Offenbecker
as Elevator Boy
- Joe Palma
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James Brick Sullivan
as Guard
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Tom Browne Henry
as Detective
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Larry Thompson
as Operator
