Writers: Dwight V. Babcock, Richard H. Landau, Rupert Hughes
Composer: Darrell Calker
Starring: Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Burr, Raymond Greenleaf, Margia Dean, Don Garner, Alexander Pope, Richard Monahan, Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Jan Kayne, Joi Lansing
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Woman ... on a Man-hunt
Plot: A governor planning to run for U.S. Senate has a secret past that could prove damaging to his political aspirations: he's a convicted murderer, and that will come to light if the FBI does an investigative check on him. He goes to a local crime boss for help. The racketeer arranges for a low-level FBI employee to take the incriminating file from FBI headquarters, but then she is conveniently murdered. Two FBI agents investigating her murder begin to think that something isn't quite kosher.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
With a cast like this it's hard to resist, especially when you've got a cheesy title like that. Raymond "Perry Mason" Burr plays a good, intimidating heavy and that's alright with me. I loves me some Cesar Romero but he's going by the numbers here and it's not a role he can lay on his wonderful charm. He's just a G-Man with a job to do. This is the second 74 minute movie I've watched in a row but it's more watchable than some bad 80s fantasy (the other flick was RAGEWAR (1984)). FBI GIRL would've benefited from a major studio's involvement, even if it were one of their B-pictures. Still, you've got an interesting cast that does a good job with the material. The story is good enough but there is some padding with the big finale when the Feds are tailing Raymond Burr. It goes on far too long. Before you know it the picture's over and so was I. Go in with low expectations and you'll find yourself with a decent enough time killer and not much time at that.
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