He smashed the rottenest vice-machine in the U.S.!
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg (Keith Andes) to lead the state police against corruption.
Keith Andes Margaret Hayes Gene Evans Lynn Bari Jeffrey Stone Edward Platt Ann Robinson Sam Buffington Clegg Hoyt Kendall Clark Rusty Lane Charles Horvath Carolyn Kearney Mr. Aaron M. Kohn REV. Dr. J. D. Grey Mr. Richard R. Foster Pershing Gervais Aaron A. Edgecombe Robert H. Jamieson Paul Hostetler Nathaniel F. Oddo Dudley C. Foley Jr. Charles A. Murphy George Trussell Jack Dempsey Frank Hay Tiger Flowers Martin N. Fritcher Packie McFarland James F. Cottingham
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