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Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!
A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.
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Frankie Darro
Frankie Ryan
Marjorie Reynolds
Anne Mason
Mantan Moreland
Jeff Jefferson
Gordon Jones
Tex Barton
Lorna Gray
Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Tristram Coffin
Bob Farrell
Dick Elliott
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
John Holland
Sam Quigley
Carleton Young
Band Leader Dick Stevens
Alex Callam
Van Martin - Announcer
Ralph Peters
Detective Delaney
Jack Mather
Tim Wallace - Comic
Dennis Moore
Gag-Writer Pringle
George Morrell
Rita Wilson Fan (uncredited)
Bob Terry
Sound Engineer (uncredited)
Howard Bretherton
Director
Sep 9, 1940
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