News Hounds(1947)
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
Movie: News Hounds
Top 10 Billed Cast
Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Bobby
Gabe
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Chuck
Jane P. Connelly
John 'Bullfrog' Burke
Dapper Dan Greco
Mark Morgan
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