Crime • Mystery
1936
1 hour and 9 minutes
Forty Witnesses Saw the Killing, But Not One Could Pick the Killer!
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Release:
September 24, 1936
Original language:
English
Production country:
United States
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Cast
Lew Ayres
Kent Murdock
Kent Murdock
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Gail Patrick
Meg Archer
Meg Archer
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Paul Kelly
I.B. McGoogin
I.B. McGoogin
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Benny Baker
Phil Doane
Phil Doane
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Ernest Cossart
Stanley Redfield
Stanley Redfield
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Onslow Stevens
Nate Girard
Nate Girard
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Joyce Compton
Hester Boone
Hester Boone
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Anthony Nace
Joe Cusick
Joe Cusick
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Joe Sawyer
Inspector Tom Bacon
Inspector Tom Bacon
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Don Rowan
Siki
Siki
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Frank Sheridan
Police Chief
Police Chief
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Irving Bacon
Det. Keogh
Det. Keogh
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Purnell Pratt
Editor
Editor
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William Bailey
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Paul Barrett
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Patsy Bellamy
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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Robert Burkhardt
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Edmund Burns
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Vance Carroll
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Jack Chapin
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Davison Clark
Overholt (uncredited)
Overholt (uncredited)
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J.J. Clark
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Beatrice Coleman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Mike Donovan
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Ellen Drew
Bit Role (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
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Eddie Dunn
Bailiff (uncredited)
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Jerry Fletcher
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Kay Gordon
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Carlton Griffin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Margareth Harrison
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Howard Hickman
Judge (uncredited)
Judge (uncredited)
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William Hopper
Photographer (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
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Ernest W. Johnson
Corpse (uncredited)
Corpse (uncredited)
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Harry Jordan
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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Marten Lamont
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Frank Losee Jr.
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Nick Lukats
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Frank Marlowe
Pipe Smoker (uncredited)
Pipe Smoker (uncredited)
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Rex Moore
Newsboy (uncredited)
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Jack Mulhall
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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Paddy O'Flynn
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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George Ovey
Trunk Man (uncredited)
Trunk Man (uncredited)
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Bob Perry
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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Earl Pingree
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Art Rowlands
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
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Christian Rub
Olaf (uncredited)
Olaf (uncredited)
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Allen Saunders
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Kai Schmidt
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Lee Shumway
Officer Kelly (uncredited)
Officer Kelly (uncredited)
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Larry Steers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Dorothy Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Milburn Stone
Operator (uncredited)
Operator (uncredited)
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Phil Tead
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Harry Wallace
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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Dorothy Ward
Party Guest (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Pat West
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
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Charles C. Wilson
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
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