Summary: John Rhodes (Gene Lockhart)hires private detective D. L. Trees (Jerome Cowan)to track down a talking blackbird owned by Fred Molner, who uses the bird as a means of blackmailing Rhodes. Molner has taught the bird to repeat "Don't kill me, Rhodes" in the event he is murdered by a member of a gambling syndicate he has defrauded. Going to Molner's apartment, Trees finds him murdered and his bodyguard, Ray Hickey (John Harmon), unconscious. (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country: USA

Directed By: D. Ross Lederman

Written By: Robert E. Kent, G.T. Fleming-Roberts

Starring: Gene Lockhart, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson, Marjorie Hoshelle, Robert Kent

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