''FBI Girl'' is a 1951 American

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about a female

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employee who becomes involved in a government plot involving corruption and murder. The film was directed by William A. Berke, and stars

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, George Brent and Audrey Totter. It was made by

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Plot

Governor Grisby is politically ambitious, as is ruthless right-hand man Blake and a man on their payroll, Chercourt, an influential lobbyist. There is a problem, though: Grisby is actually a wanted murderer named John Williams. Fearing that the fingerprints for Williams on file with the FBI will someday be traced back to the governor, Blake coaxes petty crook Paul Craig into having his sister, Natalie, a clerk for the FBI, steal the Williams file. She now knows too much, so Blake arranges for Natalie to be killed in a car crash. FBI agents Stedman and Donley begin to investigate. Natalie's roommate is Shirley Wayne, another clerk for the FBI. Shirley tells them that when Natalie was visited by brother Paul at lunch, both looked extremely nervous. Shirley's fiancée happens to be Chercourt. She is asked to go undercover, carrying a walkie-talkie, as Blake and Chercourt are still trying to get their hands on the right file so that the fingerprints can be destroyed. Grisby surrenders when the feds arrive. Blake tries to flee on a speedboat, but is shot down.

Cast

as Agent Glen Stedman * George Brent as Agent Jeff Donley * Audrey Totter as Shirley Wayne * Tom Drake as Carl Chercourt *

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as Blake * Raymond Greenleaf as Governor Owen Grisby * Margia Dean as Natalie Craig * Don Garner as Paul Craig * Alexander Pope as George Denning * Richard Monahan as Donald (as Richard Monohan) * Tommy Noonan as Television Act (as Tom Noonan) * Peter Marshall as Television Act (as Pete Marshall) * Jan Kayne as Doris * Joi Lansing as Susan Matthews * Walter Coy as Priest *

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as Morgue Attendant * Joel Marston as Alex Nicholson - Bellhop * Marie Blake as Landlady * Fenton Earnshaw as Rand * O.Z. Whitehead as Chauncey - Undertaker

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* 1951 films 1951 crime films 1950s English-language films Film noir Films based on works by Rupert Hughes Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films directed by William A. Berke Films set in Washington, D.C. Lippert Pictures films American crime films American black-and-white films 1950s American films Films produced by William Berke English-language crime films {{1950s-US-film-stub