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He knows the truth BUT HE CAN'T TALK!
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Spencer Tracy
Steven 'Steve' Grey
Virginia Bruce
Mary Shannon
Lionel Atwill
Captain Cole
Harvey Stephens
Henry Mander
Robert Barrat
Robins
James Stewart
Shorty
William Collier Sr.
'Pop' Grey
Bobby Watson
Carey Booth
William Demarest
'Red' Maguire
John Sheehan
Sweeney
Lucien Littlefield
Rafferty
George Chandler
Sol Hertzberger
Fuzzy Knight
'Buck' Hawkins
Louise Henry
Lillian Hopper
Robert Warwick
Colville
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Pendleton
Lita Chevret
Clara - Robins' Secretary (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
James Spencer Halford (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Howard Jennings (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Warden's Secretary (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Joe - Editor (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Man at Defense Table (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
District Attorney (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Doc Warren (uncredited)
James Flavin
Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Bartender Questioned by Shorty (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Doorman (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Tim Whelan
Director
Harry Rapf
Producer
Tim Whelan
Screenplay
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
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All About Eve
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Umberto D.
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Dolls
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Scarface
Murder She Said
Dead Man
Pickpocket
2046
Frenzy
Mission: Impossible III
Next Door
Seven Years of Night
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D Company
The Naked City
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While the City Sleeps
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Time Without Pity
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Madigan
Islands
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Lady in the Lake
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Murder!
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Murder in Three Acts
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