Headline Hunters

A rookie reporter in pursuit of an expose gets tangled up with big-time mobsters.

Cast

Rod Cameron

as Woody Woodruff

Julie Bishop

as Laura Stewart

Ben Cooper

as David Flynn

Raymond Greenleaf

as Paul Strout

Chubby Johnson

as Ned Powers

John Warburton

as Harvey S. Kevin

Nacho Galindo

as Ramon - Bartender

Virginia Carroll

as Elsie Hoffman

Howard Wright

as Harry Bradley

Stuart Randall

as Frank Hoffman

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