WIRETAPPER
WIRETAPPER. Great Commission Films. Released by Continental Pictures. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 16 mm. Based on the biography Why I quit syndicated crime, by James A. Vaus, Jr
Registration LP5247 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1955-08-10
- Claimant
- Missionary Communication Service, Inc
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1982-1984 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1984 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)
A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.
A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1982 or 1983 volume; volumes searched: 1982, 1983, 1984.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1955, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig391213lib (OCR text), lines 43570–43579.
WIRETAPPER. Great Commission Films. Released by Continental Pictures. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 16 mm. Based on the biography Why I quit syndicated crime, by James A. Vaus, Jr. © Missionary Communication Ser- vice, Inc.; 10Aug55; LP52h7.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiretapper | 1955 | 1,459 | Film_Noir, feature_films |
Matched by title and year on 5 September 2026; check that the item is this film and not a remake or a trailer.