T-Men

T-Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Mann
Screenplay byJohn C. Higgins
Story byVirginia Kellogg
Produced byAubrey Schenck
StarringDennis O'Keefe
Mary Meade
Alfred Ryder
Narrated byReed Hadley
CinematographyJohn Alton
Edited byFred Allen
Music byPaul Sawtell
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Edward Small Productions
Bryan Foy Productions
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films
Release dates
  • December 15, 1947 (1947-12-15) (United States)
  • December 25, 1947 (1947-12-25) (Los Angeles)
  • January 22, 1948 (1948-01-22) (New York City)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$424,000[1] or $450,000[2][3]
Box office$1.6 million (US/Canada)[1][3][2]
$2.5 million (worldwide)[2]

T-Men is a 1947 semidocumentary and police procedural style film noir about United States Treasury agents. The film was directed by Anthony Mann and shot by noted noir cameraman John Alton. The production features Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart and Charles McGraw.[4] A year later, director Mann used the film's male lead, Dennis O'Keefe, in Raw Deal.[5]

The film was endorsed by the U.S. Treasury Department: the opening credits are displayed over an image of the department's seal, then former Chief Coordinator of the department's six agencies Elmer Lincoln Irey delivers a monologue describing the objectives of those agencies and lauding their accomplishments. He describes the movie as a composite case from its files entitled "The Shanghai Paper Case".

  1. ^ a b Balio, Tino. United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, p. 26.
  2. ^ a b c Variety 16 June 1948 p4
  3. ^ a b "EL Proves". Variety. 11 August 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ T-Men at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  5. ^ Raw Deal at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.