T-Men

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T-Men

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Directed by Anthony Mann
Produced by Aubrey Schenck
Written by John C. Higgins
Story:
Virginia Kellogg
Starring Dennis O'Keefe
Mary Meade
Alfred Ryder
Wallace Ford
June Lockhart
Charles McGraw
Jane Randolph
Art Smith
Music by Paul Sawtell
Cinematography John Alton
Editing by Fred Allen
Distributed by Eagle-Lion Films
Release date(s) December 15, 1947
Running time 92 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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T-Men (1947) is a semidocumentary style film noir shot in black and white. The film was directed by Anthony Mann with cinematography by noted noir cameraman John Alton.[1]

The B-movie is featured in Visions Of Light: The Art Of Cinematography (1992) documentary for the drama's use of lighting.

A year later, director Mann used the film's male lead, Dennis O'Keefe, in Raw Deal.

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[edit] Plot

The story is about two U.S. Treasury agents who go undercover in an attempt to break a counterfeiting ring.

The agents try to join the gang by posing as counterfeiters from out of town. They eventually join the gang but the stakes are set even higher when one of the agents is killed by the gang while the other undercover T-man watches in horror.

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  • Dennis O'Brien: Did you ever spend ten nights in a Turkish bath looking for a man? Don't.

[edit] Remake

The film was remade in 1969, as The File of The Golden Goose, directed by Sam Wanamaker and starring Yul Brynner and Edward Woodward and this time set in London, England instead of the United States.

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