Re Dixon's comment below about the Dick Powell cop movie, *To
the Ends of the Earth*:
> The plot involved
> poppie smuggling for the production of
narcotics.
> Powell played an FBI man,
> or a customs agent, and he chased the bad guys
all
> over the world. Most of
> the review books say it was average, but I
remember
> it as being teriffic.
> Has anybody ever seen this one?
Actually, the agency Powell's character worked for was the
Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the predecessor agency to
today's Drug Enforcement Administration. Harry Anslinger, the
real-life head of the FBN (and after J.E. Hoover, possibly
the most powerful man in federal law enforcement), played
himself in the movie.
The review book *Movies on TV* gives it (or at least in some
earlier edition *gave* it) the top rating of four stars. I
think it was terrific, too.
JIM DOHERTY
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