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8 July 1938 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Fortune-Tellers and the Underworld... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Allan Lane | ... | Joe Ryan |
| Frances Mercer | ... | Judy Allen |
| Clara Blandick | ... | Phoebe Sawyer |
| Inez Courtney | ... | Kitty |
| Bradley Page | ... | Lionel Whitmore |
| Ben Welden | ... | Whitmore's Chauffer Nate |
| Walter Miller | ... | Jenner |
| Frank M. Thomas | ... | District Attorney Thomas Redwine |
| Vinton Hayworth | ... | Moe Buzzell (as Jack Arnold) |
| Morgan Conway | ... | Ray Taylor - Gang Attorney |
 | George Irving | ... | Editor Clifton |
| Leona Roberts | ... | Mrs. Alice Wharton |
| Charles Trowbridge | ... | Marvin - the Seer |
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Several cast members listed in contemporary news items did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were Paul Guilfoyle, Jack Carson and Phyllis Kennedy. moreFAQ
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This is a predictable, yet very enjoyable, crime drama about a "protection" racket for fortune-tellers. It's a fast moving little programmer with a wonderful cast of veteran supporting actors.
Allan Lane, playing a newspaper reporter, is the leading man. The leading lady was a nobody with a pretty face. In fact, you might as well say that the 'leading-lady' was Clara Blandick. She was cast as a crusty old multi-millionaire who, as the reporter's friend, ultimately helps him break up the 'crime-ring' of the film's title.
The story in a nut-shell: A newspaper reporter goes after a "crime ring" that 'protects' the city's bogus fortune tellers in return for 10% of their take.
But that's not the crime-ring's main source of income. They use the fortune tellers to 'steer' gullible victims to the crime-ring's spurious mining-stock salesmen, as well as other rip-offs.
This "Crime-Ring" indulges in fraud, extortion, abduction, murder--- well, you get the idea....
The background and supporting roles are played with great skill by a cast which is largely (and amazingly) uncredited!
B-Movie devotees will spot some of the genre's 'greats' in fairly meaty supporting roles, yet their names failed to appear anywhere in the credits. For example- the great 'comedy-relief' supporting actor, Tom Kennedy, appears throughout this film (AS the film's comedy-relief, natch), but is no where in the credits!
Also uncredited were B-movie & short-film vets Jack Rice & Byron Foulger.
This is a short, zippy, well-acted little film with a great cast. It follows a standard 'formula', so there are no surprises, but it's great fun to watch and I highly recommend it.