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Mary Ryan, Detective: Directed by Abby Berlin. With Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent, Harry Shannon. Police detective Mary Ryan is given an assignment to break up a gang of jewel thieves and fences. She, using an alias as a convict, is placed in the cell with a suspected member of the gang.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Abby Berlin
- 1950-01-05
Mary Ryan, Detective is a 1949 American crime drama, directed by Abby Berlin, which stars Marsha Hunt, John Litel, and June Vincent.
Mary, who is using the pseudonym Mae Smith, wins Wilma's confidence and is referred to an "employment agency," run by Mike Faber. Mike puts Mary to work as a maid at a fashionable party. To maintain her cover, Mary steals a necklace from an undercover police matron posing as a society woman.
- Abby Berlin, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Marsha Hunt
A female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.
Mary Ryan, Detective. A female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Marsha Hunt
- Abby Berlin
Assigned to get the goods on a notorious fence, detective Mary Ryan (Hunt) poses as a prison inmate to gain the confidence of one of her quarry's confederates. Upon being sprung from jail, Mary goes to work for the fence--and, predictably, nearly gets bumped off when her ruse is revealed.
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