Undercover Girl

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	Black and white
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 2, 1950;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Undercover Girl is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alexis Smith and Scott Brady.^[1]

Plot

A woman joins the police and tries to pursue her father's killers by assuming an undercover identity.^[2]

Cast

Alexis Smith as Christine Miller
Scott Brady as Lt. Michael Trent
Richard Egan as Jess Faylen
Gladys George as Liz
Edmond Ryan
as Doc Holmes
Gerald Mohr as Reed Menig
Royal Dano as Moocher
Harry Landers as Tully
Connie Gilchrist as Captain Parker
Angela Clarke as Babe
Regis Toomey as "Butt" Miller
Lynn Ainley as Pat Gibson
Tris Coffin as Robbie (as Tristram Coffin)
Lawrence Cregar as Murph
Harold Gary as Wally
Edwin Rand as Lew (as Ed Rand)
Mel Archer as Collar

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Thomas M. Pryor wrote: "[T]here are no surprises in 'Undercover Girl.' The film details in interesting fashion, however, how the L.A. police help Chris to win the confidence of the smugglers as a big drug buyer from Chicago. Not so interesting are the climactic moments of the melodrama when a sleazy character discovers that Chris is a cop and tips off the gang. It might be interesting, just for the sake of change, to have a police plan work out so successfully that the gang could be apprehended without discovering the identity of the undercover agent. How about it, moviemakers?"^[3]

References

^ "Undercover Girl 1950". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Undercover Girl". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ Pryor, Thomas M. (1950-11-08). "Alexis Smith Starred in Film at Rivoli". The New York Times. p. 37.