Watching Dan Duryea is always a treat. But Johnny Stool Pigeon was one
wierdly plotted noir film.
Narcotics cop Howard Duff looking to work his way inside a narcotics ring gets Dan Duryea a childhood friend who took another career path sprung from prison. Duryea doesn't like law enforcement however and that includes Duff.
The head of this racket is genial gladhanding John McIntire, proprietor of a dude ranch near Tucson which is a front.
Basically the whole film centers on whether Duryea will betray Duff. The two also have a rivalry going for cocktail waitress Shelley Winters.
Tony Curtis is in this film as well playing a deaf mute killer. Not a word of dialog, but he throws some deadly menacing looks.
Johnny Stool Pigeon had promise and could have been a classic. But it had a flawed storyline.
Narcotics cop Howard Duff looking to work his way inside a narcotics ring gets Dan Duryea a childhood friend who took another career path sprung from prison. Duryea doesn't like law enforcement however and that includes Duff.
The head of this racket is genial gladhanding John McIntire, proprietor of a dude ranch near Tucson which is a front.
Basically the whole film centers on whether Duryea will betray Duff. The two also have a rivalry going for cocktail waitress Shelley Winters.
Tony Curtis is in this film as well playing a deaf mute killer. Not a word of dialog, but he throws some deadly menacing looks.
Johnny Stool Pigeon had promise and could have been a classic. But it had a flawed storyline.