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6.7/10   42 votes
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Director:
Leslie Goodwins
Writers:
Reginald Taviner (story)
J. Robert Bren (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 July 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
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Cast

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #4290) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

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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. more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Fortune-Tellers and the Underworld..., 28 June 2003
8/10
Author: cinema_universe from NYC & Cherry Grove

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.

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