X Marks the Spot (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 52 min · dir. George Sherman
BLACK MARKET CZAR!...Exchanging human lives for blood-soaked Profit!
- Mystery
Synopsis
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- George Sherman
- Writer
- Stuart Palmer
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1942-11-04
- Running time
- 52 minutes
Cast & crew
George Sherman Director
Damian O'Flynn
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A Good Movie · porterville · 2016-11-21
A very good early 1940's mystery drama. It becomes a more meaningful movie if one is familiar with the rationing of rubber tires during that period and the value of those tires. The movie moved along at a good pace, the plot was good, and the acting from the primary and supporting cast was fine.
★★★★★ · About as good as a B feature gets · tbragg · 2017-02-24
Fast-paced, interesting detective story, with clever camera work, good acting, occasional amusing overacting. Helen Parrish, later a neighbor on Leave It To Beaver, especially likable as the pretty girl DJ.
★★★★★ · Fun Film · terracesider · 2005-11-01
The studios turned out this genre of B-thrillers by the bucketload, but few had the pace of this particular one. Just sit back and enjoy the fun.
★★★★★ · X Marks the Spot · jimelena · 2006-01-04
Exactly where is the X? I looked through the whole movie but didn't see an X. Good movie though.
★★★★ · Way Better Than It Had To Be · DJ Psychomike · 2009-09-07
Grade B movie rises above with a fast pacing and good story. The actors are enjoyable and the juke box- very cool. Instead of being a time killer it ends up being a very good movie.
★★★★ · X marks OneSpot · Sixbluemonkeys · 2007-01-09
The X is the shadow cast by the radio/jukebox in the OneSpot cafe. I'm guessing the very title of this B-movie is a pun. (or yet another reason to showcase the technology of that weird jukebox system)
