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A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
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Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
Edward Norris ("Eddie" - keeps it simple) is accused of a gruesome murder and it falls to journalist "Jeff" (Chester Morris) and the sister of the accused "Susan" (Jean Parker) to get to bottom of this rather routine mystery, Morris' efforts here reminded me of the reporter character from "Battle of the River Plate" (albeit 14 years beforehand) - a fast talking, opportunistic journalist with plenty of patter and spirit; and in this film Parker has some opportunities of her own to portray a whole gamut of emotions from rage through to doting sister - and there is ham a-plenty for us all. Nothing at all memorable about this - but it's not dreadful.
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Chester Morris
Jeff Morrell
Jean Parker
Susan Richards
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Morrell
Edward Norris
Eddie Nelson
Dick Purcell
Norm Thompson
Roger Pryor
Bert Jannings
Douglas Fowley
Joey Farr
Ralph Sanford
Angie Moss
Edwin Maxwell
Wingy Keefe
Patsy Nash
Delilah ("Dilly")
Bernadene Hayes
Jonesy
Vickie Lester
Keefe's Secretary (as Vicki Lester)
William Bakewell
Mac
Charlotte Henry
Nurse
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Sherman
William Benedict
Bellboy (uncredited)
Lewis R. Foster
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