

The Devil's Pipeline
1940-10-31 · 65 min · ★ 7.0
A secretary sends a coded plea for help in her monthly report; two detectives investigate and find out that men are jailed on phony charges, forced to work in oil fields and then murdered if they try to escape.
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- Directors
- Christy Cabanne
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Richard ArlenDick Talbot
Andy DevineAndy Jennings
John EldredgeGeorge Butler
Jean BrooksLaura Larson (as Jeanne Kelly)
Francis McDonaldGaddi Sang
James FlavinDowling
MalaTalamu
Eddy WallerBenedict
Dorothy ApplebyStewardess
Emory ParnellR.J. Adams
Jay NovelloBandad
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