Find the Blackmailer

Find the Blackmailer

THE TALKING BLACKBIRD KNOWS THE SECRETS OF THE "SHAKEDOWN MURDERS"...But He Won't Talk!

NR 1943 · 55 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Drama, Mystery

A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman · Written by Robert E. Kent

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