

Appointment with Danger(1950)
ALAN LADD as the U.S. Mail's ace agent smashes the biggest mail robbery plan in history!
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Movie: Appointment with Danger
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