Johnny Stool Pigeon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johnny Stool Pigeon is a 1949 black-and-white film noir directed by William Castle. Tony Curtis, who made his movie debut that same year appearing in Criss Cross, has a non-speaking role as a mob gang member. "Stool Pigeon", in gangster terminology, means a police informant^[1].

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot

A narcotics agent convinces a convict (one he helped send to Alcatraz) to go undercover with him to help expose a heroin drug smuggling ring. The unlikely pair travels from San Francisco to Vancouver and finally to a dude ranch in Tucson that's a run by mob bosses. They end up getting help breaking the case from an unlikely source: the gang leader's dingy blonde girlfriend (Winters) who falls for the narcotics agent during the sting.

[edit] Cast

• Howard Duff as George Morton aka Mike Doyle
• Shelley Winters as Terry Stewart
• Dan Duryea as Johnny Evans
• Tony Curtis as Joey Hyatt (credited as Anthony Curtis)

[edit] References

1. ^ Gangster Glossary of Slang and Mobster Terms

[edit] External links

• Johnny Stool Pigeon at the Internet Movie Database