29 Nov 2007
The Man from the Embassy
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Boy of the Streets
CHUCK WANTED TO BE A BIG SHOT LIKE HIS OLD MAN...until one day...he learned the old man was a two-bit stooge!
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
Top Billed Cast
Jackie Cooper Chuck Brennan
Maureen O'Connor Nora
Kathleen Burke Julie Stone
Robert Emmett O'Connor Police Officer Rourke
Marjorie Main Mrs. Mary Brennan
Matty Fain Blackie Davis
George Cleveland Tim 'Flannel-Mouth' Farley
Bill Elliott Dr. Allan
Guy Usher Fog Horn Brennan aka Foggy
Robert Taylor Gang Member (uncredited)
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