UNDERCOVER MEN (1934) Charles Starrett, Adrienne Dore & Kenne Duncan | Crime, Western | B&W

Undercover Men is a 1934 Canadian Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Charles Starrett, Adrienne Dore, Kenne Duncan and Wheeler Oakman. It was made in Toronto by the B-movie company Booth Productions. With a plot following the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the film contains elements of a Northern.

SYNOPSIS
For showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers. To have him work undercover, the Inspector's scheme is to have Bob supposedly kicked out of the Mounties.

CAST & CREW
Charles Starrett as Constable Robert Hunter
Adrienne Dore as Betty Winton
Kenne Duncan as Blake Hardy (as Kenneth Duncan)
Wheeler Oakman as Insp. A.R. McCrae
Eric Clavering as Madigan
Philip Brandon as Constable Jamie Jamieson (as Phil Brandon)
Austin Moran as Sgt. Woods
Grace Webster as Mrs. Jamieson
Gilmore Young as Hyde
Elliott Lorraine as Mr. Winton
Wilbur Freeman as Hammond
Farnham Baxter as One-Eyed Ezra Hardy (as Farnham Barter)
Muriel Deane as Lady in hardware store

Directed by Sam Newfield
Story by Murison Dunn, (Screen Story)
Cinematography Sam Leavitt
Edited by Alex Meyers
Production company Booth Productions
Distributed by Dominion Motion Pictures (Canada), Columbia Pictures (USA)
Release date December 1, 1934
Running time 61 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

NOTES
In 1934 it was released as a quota quickie in the United Kingdom by MGM, as it was eligible for the British quota having been made within the British Empire.

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