What are the key story phases in Call a Messenger?

The story of Call a Messenger progresses through these phases: The Criminal Past, A New Path, Bonds and Rivals, The Final Threat.

How does Call a Messenger end?

In the final act ("The Final Threat"): Ed's criminal ties resurface as gangsters plot a second post office robbery, forcing Jimmy to confront his past and protect his new life.

Call a Messenger (1939) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Call a Messenger
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 1939
Rating: 8

Plot Analysis Summary

A young delinquent chooses honest work over prison, navigating friendship, romance, and family ties while thwarting a criminal plot.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Criminal Past

A New Path

Bonds and Rivals

The Final Threat

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go straight. However, the two of them get mixed up with a local gangster, who has plans to start robbing post office branches and using the messenger and his brother to do it.

Directed by

Arthur Lubin

Key Cast

Billy Halop — Jimmy Hogan
Huntz Hall — 'Pig'
Robert Armstrong — Kirk Graham
Mary Carlisle — Marge Hogan
Anne Nagel — Frances O'Neill

Rating: 8/10 (1 votes)