Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Run for Your Life!

1939 · 59 min · ★ 6.8 · Action, Crime, Comedy

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

Directed by Noel M. Smith · Written by Scott Littleton

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