Film-Noir | Western Pacific Agent (1950) Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan | Movie, Subtitles

STOP . . . killer on a rampage! LOOK . . . violence rides the rails! LISTEN . . . guns blast the night! Detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad payroll agent.
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Milton Raison, Fred Myton
Stars: Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Mickey Knox & Sid Melton
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[@thruknobulaxii2020]

What a marvellous *peephole* back through the last 70 years. The buildings, the cars & trains, the clothing, even a glimpse of the _road culture_ of that period. _Priceless._

[@nicholasfredro6217]

Yep I remember as a kid everything was black and white..Better times I remember first see everything in color once I became six years old .

[@thruknobulaxii2020]

@@nicholasfredro6217 Nic, Nic, Nic man! If all of this is true, I feel sure that you ought to put your affairs in order and see a vet, _right quick._ 🤓

[@julieyoung3315]

That's what I like about Film Noir.

[@billycopper7248]

"Come and get me, copper!" Classic.

[@auletjohnast03638]

Actually, he meant "come and get me aluminum" or "come and get gold".

[@rogermaes6001]

Those little B movirs were real gems ! No stars but a lot of good actors ans a solid story; who aks for more ! Thanks very much. 😘

[@kingkobra1956]

Yeah, with the old movies you don't have to do any mental gymnastics to enjoy them like you have to with today's movies with their complex scripts. Like with a Quentin Tarantino movie, if you stop paying attention for one second you're lost.

[@mikepasko7493]

Thanks for a great move.......love the old cars and the train

[@mrlongtree]

Thanks for making another rare classic available for viewing.

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Hey, thanks for this rare movie!! Frank was played by Mickey Knox, whose Hollywood career (he had small roles in White Heat and I Walk Alone, for example) got derailed during the HUAC/ blacklist period of the early '50s. He was a John Garfield-like actor and this is the biggest role I've ever seen him in. (In fact Garfield himself played a similar kind of character the same year, 1950, in He Ran All the Way.) Knox went to Europe and worked on the production end of Sergio Leone films in the '60s. In the early 2000s he wrote a fascinating autobiography about his career too.

[@aspenrebel]

uh huh, ok. let me watch the movie and see if I have any idea who the heck he is.

[@aspenrebel]

Nope! Have no idea who he is. I fell asleep thru a big chunk of movie in middle. Didn't go back and watch it. Ending answered it all.

[@moe9196]

John Garfield was blackballed by the Senator Joe McCarthy "communist" witch hunts in the late 40s to around 1955 .

[@claztube]

I have yet to discern if this story is made to represent the time just five years after WWII. This hobo character either made it home safe from a stint in the armed srvice or had been 4F'd even though he walks with a decent gait (flatfootedness seems not to be an issue). So the story starts with questions for me that only can be satisfied if I return to the movie to see if the issue I picked up on here is addressed or not. It's kind of ironic though that just as I was wondering about how a serviceman returning back from the second world war could be without any common sense and went on to be less than an upstanding civilian (whatecer that is, I can't say I'm qualified to judge) but this is a story that seems to be almost prophetic for the actor to portray a dejected soul, lost without a country, without familial support and as I return or not to this movie I'll get or not, the rest of the story, per Paul Harvey. Edit p.s. No finger prints on the shiv/knife, so that suggests no service record. Though I can see where records took time to piece together back in the year as herein depicted. Edit p.s. So Frank is supposed to be about 23 or 24 years old this would mean he was only 17 or 19 at the end of the war, though he sure looks more like a man in his late 20's or early thirties. That sits with the actor portraying Frank's father as the father appears to be in his fifties, which in the era depicted that would make an only child (guessing here) about 30 years old and the mother has not been mentioned thus far. Where did Frank's mother go?

[@claztube]

@@aspenrebel Now you tell me, I'll have to go through 45 minutes to get my query answered. Well I'm into nostalgia in movies but the fifties is past my area of interest generally speaking. I may return to see the entire movie but I'm not good at staying to watch if the acting, direction and or production is 3rd rate. I guess that makes me a cinema-snob.

[@russellgrenning1317]

Kent Taylor (1907 - 1987) now a largely forgotten mainly B picture actor has one enduring (if somewhat accidental) legacy - his name, along with that of Clark Gable (1901 - 1960) was the inspiration for the name of Superman's alter-ego, Clark Kent. He began his film career in 1931 as an extra but slowly climbed the "greasy pole" and won a contract with Paramount. In the 1930s and 1940s he appeared in mainly B pictures with many of his roles uncredited although occasionally had roles in more significant movies such as the Doc Holliday role in Tombstone, The Town Too Tough To Die (1942). By the early 1950s, his film career had waned and he began working in TV and he played the title role in 58 episodes of the detective series Boston Blackie (1951 - 1953) and then the lead in 39 episodes of The Rough Riders (1958 - 1959). He appeared in most popular TV shows including Zorro, The Rifleman, Peter Gunn and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. By the 1960s he was reduced to appearing in potboilers such as Brides of Blood, Blood of Ghastly Horror and Satan's Sadists. His last film was Girls for Rent in 1974. When this movie was released on DVD in 2008, the New York Times called it "a terse crime film".

[@big566bunny]

So impressive what travel by rail was like in the 1950s. The glass top canopy is so enticing. The dining car matches any that I saw in Europe. Train stations were important hubs of urban life. What a shame that the USA can no longer “afford” such an effective, stress-free means of travel.

[@MichaelGunner123]

Keep electing Democrats & U'll see travelling by rail/train increase AND U'll see SAFER railways, too, with sufficient safety regulations as well. Orange AID removed many during his 4 atrocious years as President. Thus, resulting, in the way too many derailments we are seeing today (early 2023).

[@goldgeologist5320]

I was just in Spain and enjoyed traveling on the 180 mph fast trains! The drink-snack car was a joy!

[@truthadvocacy]

Amtrak anyone?😂

[@MichaelGunner123]

@@truthadvocacy Due to new infrastructure bill passed, Amtrak is FINALLY receiving long overdue upgrades across the board.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

@@MichaelGunner123 yay

[@RRW1982]

So here we get to see Kent Taylor just as his role of 'Boston Blackie' on TV was about to begin.

[@MichaelGunner123]

Really liked the film serial of Boston Blackie. First time to hear there was a TV series, too. Thx for info.

[@RRW1982]

@@MichaelGunner123 Indeed there was a very early TV series, which was one of the first program of ZIV, the very successful independent television production company that also brought us Highway Patrol and Lock-Up. It really has a bare-bones look, but that almost become a trademark of ZIV - but not as 'cardboard' in appearance as Space Patrol.

[@hamburgareable]

Thanks, CCC for this rare, exquisite thing! 😀 Never seen it before.

[@wolfweighold823]

Danke für das hochladen und deine Mühe

[@stevef9530]

The guy with the glasses was the real star of this movie. Also the respectable lady on the train who perked up when she heard about the double murder and robbery.

[@BarnabyBarry]

Sid Melton he was Alf Monroe on the Green Acres (he and his sister were carpenters)

[@dfsengineer]

She'd be an avid listener of true-crime podcasts today.

[@merewynyard5813]

Yes, he was quite funny!!

[@gino423]

Poor Pop....all he had to to was lift the bridge.

[@track1219]

“ I took a course in detective work “ and “ I saw 3 detective movies on the radio “ lol! Pretty good movie though.👍

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Actually, a correction to my previous comment: the similar vicious fugitive role that Garfield played was actually a year later in 1951, in his last film He Ran All the Way. He was even dressed similarly to Knox in Western Pacific Agent in a black shirt and light sports jacket. I know that, like many actors of the era, Knox greatly admired Garfield too.

[@jonbeckleymorrisblues]

I was on the California Zephyr as a 9 year old San Francisco to Chicago in 1965. The dome cars were the greatest. Wonder if they were the same ones used in this great movie? I kinda doubt it....but maybe....?

[@nicholasfredro6217]

GREAT Garfield Fan ..Was that he last..(They Made Me A Fugitive)?Man disgusting what the McCarthy Era OF House UnAmerican Committee did to John G and many others ..He passed away in Manhattan NYC...AT 39 YEARS OLD...BROKE HID HEART THOSE WITCH HUNTING Bureaucrats ..A freaking shame ...

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

the humor & pathos is what makes this hokey-seeming, boiler plate appearing film so fun & good. mind, watching at 1.25%

[@johnraymond4322]

I was surprised to see Robert Lowery with a very small part.Sheila Ryan was married to Pat Buttram for 23 years until her death he played Mr. Haney on Green Acre sitcom. Thank you for showing it was entertaining.

[@MichaelGunner123]

Surprised to see Robert Lowery w such a small part as well; Was listed 5th in the opening credits.

[@vleldaddio210]

Just can't see Pat Buttram with that beautiful Sheila Ryan 😮 he sure didn't have any sex appeal kinda of a whiny Imogena Coco in drag just twice the size😂

[@garybee858]

elmer the guy with the glasses was very funny,,,

[@Blues.Fusion]

Sid Melton. Really the only reason to watch this. Certainly the only reason to watch it twice.

[@BarnabyBarry]

He was Alf Monroe on Green Acres

[@jexthegamer]

I wasn't expecting it to hold my attention, but it was pretty good! Thanks for sharing.

[@garyedwards3269]

Classic line at 54:35... "Come and get me Copper!"

[@tombob671]

A very good low buck 2nd ( B )feature.

[@BullToTheShit]

This was a very watchable 'B-movie'. Thanks for uploading it.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Gotta say, thank you so much for the rare film uploads! I really hope one of these days I can find Monster From The Ocean Floor from 1954.

[@helenpoornima5126]

Good

[@hamburgareable]

Nice. Maybe the next movie is reassuring.

[@johnbockelie3899]

"Bindle stiff " or just a BUM.

[@leelarson107]

The last I noticed, that movie is available on the Internet. Just type in the title and hit Enter.

[@jubalcalif9100]

That was pretty good ! Enjoyed watching it very much ! That independent producer Robert Lippert certainly knew how to turn out exciting & entertaining movies on a small budget ! THANKS for uploading !! 🙂

[@DavidRice111]

The female lead, and the comic relief both were part of Lippert's film retinue.

[@Boogaboioringale]

Great movie and a good find. This is why I’m subscribed.

[@rickmiller1429]

Loved the WP FT and F3 diesels, now classics like the cars.

[@bjtowns9554]

Still running in Canada the same cars the Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver .

[@BrianPorter-gh1ej]

You never had to work on those old diesels.

[@popia1956]

Inagotable videoteca de buenas series x compartir, excelente Muchas gracias por las 😲 😲 sorpresas. Gracias

[@paulcaron400]

Frank physically hurting his dad and shooting him is truly a psychopath. How sad and despicable ☹️

[@davidrogers6287]

Its just a movie

[@big566bunny]

Spoiler 😡😡

[@SimonFurber]

Nothing changes sadly.

[@walkaway6212]

@@SimonFurber O Yes, it changes. It gets worse.

[@skibee421]

@@big566bunny watch it then :P

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

I like these type of movies, they have a story behind them.

[@grady1177]

Great old movie Western Pacific

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur !

[@markkuheikkila2020]

Thanks for the Good movie ccc👍

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Anything with wunnerfull Sid Melton is the best , jerry, the best

[@mynameislenny2441]

Mystery Science Theater would have a field day with this one.

[@chrisharris7827]

U r so absolutely right

[@markallen8434]

Rode the last line Western Pacific had..The Feather River Route. Panned gold on the Feather in the early 80s.

[@stupadasol5911]

Takes me back to early sixties and "riding the rails" on the Western Pacific Feather River Route. Hated to see it merge with the UP. Lots of fond memories of the North Fork of the Feather River. Also, Chester was not on the route but is near the headwaters of the North Fork.

[@aspenrebel]

Big cast. I love reading the credits .... "who? who? who?". I suppose someone can say "my grandpa was in a movie ...... once".

[@helenpoornima5126]

I think *western pacific agent* Means someone just like CID alias James bond!!I hope its an interesting movie ! Love romance and fight are mixed in this movie !!thriller also ! So I am waiting to see it with my friends ! Thanks !

[@mikesilva3868]

😊

[@rayshowsay1749]

From the title, I was expecting the story to revolve around a Station Agent, not a Special Agent(ie RR dick) ...

[@johnminshell7595]

"Tell the chief what he looks like ." " About six feet tall ... " " Not the Chief the suspect " "Oh' round face needs shave .."

[@kingkobra1956]

That character was really in outer space, but he was really funny.

[@ValeskaTruax]

Reminds me of Rick Moranis in Little Shop of Horrors

[@pattidort5953]

What good photography it was an excellent movie 🍿 I enjoyed it very much

[@hallertau]

I am from Redding, CA and this all in my area. Makes it more fun for me.

[@randomroveruk6715]

Another nice old film. Thanks!

[@jubalcalif9100]

My sentiments exactly !

[@stevebutler812]

In the 1980’s I ride through Feather River at all times of year sometimes swam in it. Cold!

[@bilgeratjim]

Never trust a bindlestiff with a shiv.

[@paul41to45]

"the case of the murdered midget"- a short story. this is priceless from Alf (some will get that reference)

[@ellecee453]

Frank sure put a lot of energy in being bad.

[@davidholmes9911]

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[@Alanoffer]

Come and get me copper …where have I heard that before

[@claudettedelphis6476]

Thank you so much C C C for surprising us with this great adventure. Just love 💕 the wonderful train 🚂 ride 🧸🛎⌛️🕰🚝🚞🚇 Did you just say « tomorrow is payroll money 💰 « Will it be another High Noon 🕛 Now I will go watch on the Big Screen 📺 Have a merry day 🧁🥮🍑🍒🥝🍍🥑

[@willaknotts1298]

Are there still train hobos? I love trains. My mom took one from Massachusetts..Springfield..to Laguna Beach California in mid 30s. She was 16. It sounded pretty exciting to me. She stayed a year then came back to go to work. Those depression years were something huh? Looks like history is repeating itself. Oh boy here we go again. No romance left for this one. Nuclear war wont allow it. Thanks Brandon.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Two different types of locomotives, Diesel and steam, coal-driven! Cross-over era. Cool.

[@richierich2048]

The Western Pacific steam engines burned oil, not coal.

[@johnpringle9967]

With reference to the gun fight scenes in this movie, there's an old joke in Canada regarding Canadian, American rifle shooters. Goes like this: An American and a Canadian are sent out on a mock, best number of hits, rifle competition. The American has a military grade machine gun with 400 rounds; the Canadian has an old Lee-Enfield WWI peep-sight issue .303 with 7 rounds. After the dust had settled, the American comes back with the bottom half of a squirrel, and all 400 rounds spent. The Canadian comes back with 8 kills. When asked by the judges how the Canadian got 8 kills with 7 rounds, the Canadian replied, " Well Sir, I just waited till two of them lined up". I guess it's just funny in Canada. What country almost always leads the world sniper competitions....

[@michaelfitzgerald3467]

They just held the world rifle shooting Championships a few weeks ago. 3 events: Americans won Gold, Silver, and Gold in the team. South Africans won Bronze, Gold, and silver in the team British shooters won the other medals. No Canadians even placed.

[@lauramargarita9]

Gracias por tan intensa película 🎥 y éxitos en todos vuestros proyectos y planes 😢😮termina súper

[@beatrizferreira7809]

Excelente, me encantan estas viejas pelis

[@nedludd7622]

This movie doesn't seem to know what it should be, comedy or drama. The crime part is rather funny and the comedy part is a crime.

[@Les445]

Very good movie!!!!✌️❤️

[@camelia9802]

Gee what an exciting movie👍👍

[@stewartmoore6981]

42:36 and 43:44 are two of the best lines in this entertaining movie. Elmer is a great character too,,,,

[@389383]

So he shoots his pop and everyone rushes out to him! I guess the thinking was he must not have any more bullets left!

[@engellenkatu]

ever hear if reloading? Hollywood hasn't..I've never seen a flic where someone used a speedloader & reloaded all 6 with one motion. Nor moon clips for 45 acp revolvers. At least they don't fire 10 rounds without reloading a revolver like in 1 of John Wayne's otters! Or in Hiwaii Five-O. My wife & I have a term for these 'wunderkind revolvers' They're McGarrett guns.. Guess actors are to dumb to reload a revolver except 1 at a time rarely.

[@RobertB56]

Another classic

[@carlb8378]

29:44 What's the name of that song ? Oh yeah , YOUR CASH AIN'T NOTHING BUT TRASH , he might as well be carrying toilet paper, at least that would be useful.😂😂😂

[@waltervaz3393]

ótimo filme

[@tomburns479]

It was good. I watched it twice.

[@doncorleone13]

Good film Very classic

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

14:30 That 4 eyed freak is hilarious 59:00 Made it Dad, top of the world!

[@davidjones332]

Who in their right mind ever jumps backwards off a moving train?

[@rayshowsay1749]

Was wwondering who else might have caught that(37:15).

[@leelarson107]

Who jumps off a moving train, PERIOD.

[@richardbrowning8221]

What did u expect for 15 cents? Two Academy Award films with cartoons to boot!

[@richardbrowning8221]

Loved the Zephyr, my dad was a brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad in Portland Oregon late 1950's.Those were the days, carefree and full of fun things to do. The main character has a knife fixation, loves to stab people, like Ted Bundy looking in windows late at night.😵

[@danielhernandez810]

Great movie, and good job, thanks

[@CultCinemaClassics]

@danielhernandez810 Thanks!

[@browill9]

I really enjoy it ! 🙂 👏👏👏

[@karenhill3970]

Great!!! But.....sad for Father......

[@stephenterrilltraveller]

Nice little movie!. The guy with the glasses looks and acts just like Radar O'Reilly from MASH.

[@mariazermeno9688]

Wwwoowww que bueno que me tope con “tu cine clásico” ya me suscribí

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Mickey Knox, and no one is home!

[@daffy2u]

Frank went out with a splash!

[@leddacortes279]

Amo filmes policiais. Foi emocionante e surpriendente. Amei.

[@sargentosaunders1544]

maravillas del 7mo arte del pasado mileño impecable este canal bien subido imagen y sonido felicitaciones

[@user-zl1ib3ov5d]

Not a bad movie. I thought the acting was very good. The music is so intense! Probably paid 12 cents to see it back then! The good old days?

[@georgeinfante1106]

Homeless camp's hasn't. Changes over time 😢 still good 🎥

[@southeastgasservices]

Great the way they always have to climb up something just to make a dramatic ending.....

[@tigerslear]

Elmer was the best character in this film :)

[@pvsmanian1]

Enjoyed.

[@Boogaboioringale]

@50:00 . Did anyone notice the film flub when the box of C&H sugar was upright then upside down?

[@fredneecher1746]

Nobody cares.

[@Boogaboioringale]

Fred Neecher : I don’t either. I just like finding film flubs because I normally never notice.

[@danielfantino1714]

​@@Boogaboioringale i suspect Kerry that you were may be watching movie but mentally doing grocery. Nice catch anyway. Which box do you want ?

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative

[@johnsimon4263]

Love old movies thanks for the videos

[@marciasantos4180]

otimo filme interessane recomendo

[@auletjohnast03638]

WE USED TO TAKE THIS TRAIN BACK N FORTH FROM MIAMI TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO WHEN I WAS A KID.

[@richierich2048]

The train pictured is the 'California Zephyr', which ran between Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California.

[@fiftysevenchevy65]

thats one hella long bridge....everyone else has to sail or fly that journey

[@kwgm8578]

@@richierich2048 Still does.

[@jhammond64]

Man, this is bad! I'm hanging in there because I like this sort of thing. If it was over an hour I'd bail!

[@marvwatkins7029]

Then comic relief little guy played I think in McHale's Navy and definitely in Green Acres as one of the carpenters

[@Scott-ly2nk]

Sid melton

[@SimonFurber]

Fantastic thrills.

[@williamcolella791]

Sid Melton, Charlie Halper on Danny Thomas's show 'Make Room For Daddy!'

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indublitably ! And he guest starred on countless TV series in the 60s & 70s.

[@anakinpresley]

*Good flick, short and to the point*

[@user-pu9pv7pl9h]

Ωραία περιπέτεια ευχαριστώ!!!!!!!

[@stevebutler812]

Dad should’ve said a can fell off as I was restocking.

[@user-tt8ut3le8c]

GRACIAS CCC, 👌👍

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Money may be hot in CA but just bundle up to royal oak Michigan and fence it with bob stevens

[@timothydoult6025]

love it😀

[@Catkitty369]

Great 👌🏻

[@leelarson107]

I think that the train was the real star of the show.

[@mikesilva3868]

😈good movie