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Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
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3 March 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
MOB MEN making millions on illegal policy-slips...pitted against a dynamite news-hawk on the inside track of red murder that baffled even law's bloodhounds! (original poster) morePlot:
One night of twelve crowded hours in the life of a newspaper investigative reporter out to get the goods... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A breezy "B" moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Richard Dix | ... | Nick Green | |
| Lucille Ball | ... | Paula Sanders | |
| Allan Lane | ... | Dave Sanders | |
| Donald MacBride | ... | Detective Sergeant Joe Keller | |
| Cy Kendall | ... | George Costain (as Cyrus W. Kendall) | |
| John Arledge | ... | Red | |
| Granville Bates | ... | James McEwen | |
| Bradley Page | ... | Tom Miller | |
| Dorothy Lee | ... | Thelma | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Berquist | |
| Murray Alper | ... | Louie Allen | |
| John Gallaudet | ... | Jimmy | |
| Joe De Stefani | ... | Rovitch (as Joseph de Stephani) |
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USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #4915)Fun Stuff
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Al Herman is in studio records/casting call lists for the role of "Nick's Driver," but he was not seen in the movie. moreFAQ
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Twelve Crowded Hours is a tidy, swift and enjoyable little "crime comedy". Richard Dix, who seemed much more at ease in these programmers than in "A" features, is good as the newspaper reporter trying to bring the mobster responsible for his editor's death to justice. He manages to temper the character's innate cockiness and make him likeable. Lucille Ball enthusiasts may be disappointed with her role here; even though she has a few funny lines, her Paula Sanders is drab. Coming off much better are Donald MacBride as the sour detective and Cy Kendall as the burly mob boss. (The type of higher-profile role he should have had more often.) A nice, breezy 64 minutes.