Riff-Raff (1947) (original) (raw)
A mysterious map holds the key to billions of dollars' worth of crude oil, and some men will stop at nothing to possess it. Pat O'Brien stars as the hard-boiled, Panama-based private eye Dan Hammer, caught in the middle of a dangerous web of murder and intrigue. Hammer is hired as a bodyguard for a shady gentleman who has already killed a man to own the map, a chart that details the hidden location of rich South American oil fields. Then Hammer is approached by an oil company official who originally bought the map and a slick, art German named Molinar -- each one wants Hammer to steal the map ...(more)
A mysterious map holds the key to billions of dollars' worth of crude oil, and some men will stop at nothing to possess it. Pat O'Brien stars as the hard-boiled, Panama-based private eye Dan Hammer, caught in the middle of a dangerous web of murder and intrigue. Hammer is hired as a bodyguard for a shady gentleman who has already killed a man to own the map, a chart that details the hidden location of rich South American oil fields. Then Hammer is approached by an oil company official who originally bought the map and a slick, art German named Molinar -- each one wants Hammer to steal the map for him. Further complicating Hammer's predicament is a romantic entanglement with Maxine, a pretty, blonde nightclub singer. (less)
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Writer: Martin Rackin
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys, Percy Kilbride, Jerome Cowan, George Givot
Producer: Nat Holt
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