X Marks the Spot is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman and Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, and Dick Purcell. It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

Plot

In 1942, during the second world war, rubber is a valuable commodity. Eddie Delaney is a second lieutenant in the army, but also a private detective. Eddy swings into action, when his father, police-sergeant Timothy J. Delaney, is gunned down by rubber racketeers.

X Marks the Spot (1942 film)

Cast

Damian O'Flynn as Eddie Delaney

Helen Parrish as Linda Ward

Dick Purcell as Lieutenant William 'Bill' Decker

Jack La Rue as Marty Clark

Neil Hamilton as John J. Underwood

Robert Homans as Police Sergeant Timothy J. Delaney

Anne Jeffreys as Lulu

Dick Wessel as Henchman Dizzy

Esther Muir as Bonnie Bascomb

Joe Kirk as Henchman Jerry

Edna Mae Harris as Billie (as Edna Harris) Fred Kelsey as Police Officer Martin Vince Barnett as George

X Marks the Spot (1942 film)

Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Sam Lufkin, Charles McAvoy and Frank O'Connor appears uncredited.

X Marks the Spot (1942 film)

External links

1942 films

American mystery films

1940s English-language films

American black-and-white films

Republic Pictures films

1942 mystery films

Films directed by George Sherman

Remakes of American films

1940s American films