Voice in the Night (1934)

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Director:

Charles C. Coleman

Writer:

Harold Shumate (story)

Release Date:

6 April 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Romance | Sport

Plot:

Tin Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy...

Plot Keywords:

Company | Telephone Company | Telephone | Business | Polo

Cast

Tim McCoy	...	Tim Dale
Billie Seward	...	Barbara Robinson
Joseph Crehan	...	John Robinson
Ward Bond	...	Bob Hall
Kane Richmond	...	Jack
Frank Layton	...	Matthews
Guy Usher	...	Thomas Benton
Francis McDonald	...	Henchman Jackson
Alphonse Ethier	...	W.T. Dale

Also Known As:

Headed for Trouble (USA) (working title)
Storm at Midnight (USA) (working title)
Voice in the Dark (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Tim McCoy out of the saddle is out of his element.

McCoy is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing and plays, with the aid of a few sound-stage insert shots, in the same game of polo seen in every film of the decade, since this archive footage must have been the only polo game ever filmed in Hollywood.

Circumstances force him to give up his polo-playing and take on the job of helping a small-town telephone company overcome a plan by a gang to force the company out of business. He calls in his pals Ward Bond and Kane Richmond to aid him against the crooks led by Frank Layton and Francis McDonald, working for crooked lawyer Guy Usher.

The presence of Billie Seward makes it all worth while for McCoy...and the audience. A chase scene with McCoy riding tandem behind a motorcycle cop doesn't quite scan.