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Bunco Squad: Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. With Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley. A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Herbert I. Leeds
- 1950-09-01
Mar 22, 2021 · Refreshing quaint story of the police bunco squad trying to protect the public (e.g. a wealthy widow) from some con men fronted by a fake spiritual medium.
- 67 min
- 646
Bunco Squad is a 1950 American crime film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by George Callahan. The film stars Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, and Dante, and features Douglas Fowley and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released on September 1, 1950 by RKO Pictures.
Bunco Squad. Summaries. A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances.
Bunco Squad (1950), starring Robert Sterling, is a routine crime programmer from RKO Radio Pictures, featuring a dense plot full of potentially colorful characters, those on the side of the law as well as a variety of con men, grifters, and charlatans.
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A Los Angeles bunco squad* decides to crack down on fraud in their city, visiting every shady business they can think of (fortune tellers, numerologists, graphologists, palm readers, etc...), investigating and warning all to keep their noses clean.
