“"Baby, this is a matter of love and death!"”
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.
Pat O'Brien
Dan Hammer
Anne Jeffreys
Maxine Manning
Walter Slezak
Eric Molinar
Percy Kilbride
Pop
Jerome Cowan
Walter Gredson
George Givot
Major Rues
Jason Robards Sr.
Mr. Domingues
Marc Krah
Charles Hasso
Robert Andersen
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
Wong - Houseboy (uncredited)
Riff-Raff is a drama, adventure, thriller film released in 1947 exploring themes of map, panama, film noir, murder, american abroad, private detective. Directed by Ted Tetzlaff, it stars Pat O'Brien, Anne Jeffreys, Walter Slezak. A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.
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