X Marks the Spot (1942)
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X Marks the Spot was the first of eight brisk wartime-oriented melodramas, each running slightly under an hour, produced and directed in rapid succession by George Sherman. Private detective Eddie Delaney (Damian O'Flynn) swings into action when his father (Robert E. Homans), a police sergeant,… More X Marks the Spot was the first of eight brisk wartime-oriented melodramas, each running slightly under an hour, produced and directed in rapid succession by George Sherman. Private detective Eddie Delaney (Damian O'Flynn) swings into action when his father (Robert E. Homans), a police sergeant, is gunned down by rubber racketeers (please recall that rubber was a valuable commodity during WW2). With the help of heroine Linda Ward (Helen Parrish) and police lieutenant Decker (Dick Purcell), Delaney chases after the villains, experiencing all sorts of serial-like dangers along the way. Numbered among the bad guys are the typecast Jack LaRue and the cast-against-type Neil Hamilton (later Batman's Commissioner Gordon). Though the script covers familiar ground, X Marks the Spot is exhilarating entertainment in the true Republic Pictures tradition. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Sherman
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 4, 1942 Wide
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Cast
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Damian O'Flynn
as Eddie Delaney
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Helen Parrish
as Linda Ward
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Dick Purcell
as Lt. Decker
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Jack LaRue
as Marty Clark
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Neil Hamilton
as John Underwood
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Robert E. Homans
as Sgt. Delaney
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Anne Jeffreys
as Lulu
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Esther Muir
as Bonnie
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Joe Kirk
as Jerry
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Edna M. Harris
as Billie
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Fred Kelsey
as Riley
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Vince Barnett
as George
- Wallace Ford
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Dick Wessel
as Dizzy
- Edna Mae Harris
- Jack La Rue
