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The Speed Reporter
Spectacular stunt work by Richard Talmadge, circus acrobat and stunt man for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., highlights this expose of a big city criminal mastermind.
- Original title
- The Speed Reporter
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 1, 2023 · via TMDB
Well, at least it's a "Reliable" picture! It's also a pretty rough and ready crime caper that sees enthusiastic journalist "Dick" (Richard Talmadge) investigate the probity of the chairman of the newly formed "City Reform League" after a night of crooked chaos leaves quite a few people in custody and quite a few prominent citizens under suspicion. "Renfrew" (Frank Hall Crane) is the man, ostensibly an upstanding gentleman, whom we soon realise is very much in the pocket of "Franklin" (Richard Cramer). Can "Dick" and his charming fiancé "May" (Luana Walters) save the day? To be fair, it's quite a pacy affair with lots of (overly) choreographed chases and fist-fights before a really messy and frank quite annoying denouement. Indeed, I found the leading man to be a bit of a pain right from the get-go! It's very dialogue heavy and such attempts at humour as there are probably fell flat in 1936 let alone nowadays. It's a cinema curio at best, sorry.
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Richard Talmadge
Dick Lawrence
Luana Walters
May
Richard Cramer
Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin
Frank Hall Crane
Roger Renfrew
Bob Walker
Stanley - City Editor
John Ince
Publisher Madison
Earl Dwire
Publisher John Parker
George Chesebro
Blackie Smith
Ed Cassidy
Edwards, a Henchman
James Sheridan
Henchman Gat
Bernard B. Ray
Director
Harry S. Webb
Story
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May 13, 1936
