Inside the Law
A gang of small-time confidence-type crooks, led by the elderly Pop (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), have just completed a small scam when a wallet found on a drunk gives them a big-time opportunity; it contains an appoint...
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"A small gang of pickpockets and small-time tricksters decide to head out to California for the wealthy suckers. When Wallace Ford lifts a drunk's wallet and discovers it's an introduction to take over a small-town bank, they decide their opportunity has come. I'm very fond of movies about confidence tricksters, but there was almost nothing to amuse me in this slack effort from director Hamilton McFadden. The script by Jack Natteford seemed to offer opportunities for comedic or serious ornamentation, but there is little indication that these opportunities were taken. People spea..."
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The earliest documented telecast of this film occurred Monday 14 January 1946 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). In Washington DC it first aired Sunday 13 June 1948 on WMAL (Channel 7), in Detroit Wednesday 6 April 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in Cincinnati Tuesday 31 May 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11), in Chicago Wednesday 31 August 1949 on WGN (Channel 9), and in Los Angeles Thursday 16 March 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5).
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A gang of small-time confidence-type crooks, led by the elderly Pop (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), have just completed a small scam when a wallet found on a drunk gives them a big-time opportunity; it contains an appoint...