Wiretapper

Jim Vaus returns from the war and marries Alice. He struggles to make a living. He was hired by Charles Rumsden to fix a doorbell, and realizes that his client is a mob boss. Alice discovers the source of Jim's income and their relationship was expired and strained to the breaking point. She forces Jim to attend a Billy Graham's Los Angeles Crusade, in her attempt to save their marriage and Jim's soul.

• Bill Williams as Jim Vaus Jr.
• Georgia Lee as Alice Park Vaus
• Douglas Kennedy as Charles Rumsden
• Phil Tead as Mr. Wiggins, Postman
• Stanley Clements as Tony
• Ric Roman as Nick Castro
• Richard Benedict as Romato
• Paul Picerni as Herbie
• Steve Conte as Henchman
• Melinda Plowman as Helen Park, Kid Sister
• Billy Graham as himself (uncredited)

During the late 1940s, Jim Vaus Jr. worked for the police and for mobster Mickey Cohen. The story of Jim Vaus was described in magazines: Time, Life and Reader’s Digest. Jim Vaus described his own story in his autobiography Why I Quit Syndicated Crime (1951). This autobiography was used by John O'Dea for a film scenario. In 2007 Will Vaus, son of Jim, published book My Father Was a Gangster.