The Mystery Man

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Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle, and LeRoy Mason in The Mystery Man (1935)

When he runs short of money, a newspaper reporter pawns a police revolver he was given after he helped the police solve a case. Later on the gun is used in a murder, and the reporter is susp... Read allWhen he runs short of money, a newspaper reporter pawns a police revolver he was given after he helped the police solve a case. Later on the gun is used in a murder, and the reporter is suspected of committing the crime.When he runs short of money, a newspaper reporter pawns a police revolver he was given after he helped the police solve a case. Later on the gun is used in a murder, and the reporter is suspected of committing the crime.

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Trivia
The earliest documented telecasts of this film took place in Los Angeles Monday 13 March 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5), and in New York City Thursday 25 May 1950 on the Night Owl Theatre on WPIX (Channel 11).

Goofs
When Doyle and Anne are walking along the street toward the hotel, the newspaper sticking out of Doyle's coat pocket shows the headline "Weather." A moment later in the hotel, it's showing the masthead "Daily News," although Doyle hasn't had the paper out of his pocket.

Connections
Remade as Man from Headquarters (1942)

Soundtracks
Yellow Dog Blues
Music by W.C. Handy
Played by a Black pianist in the club where Doyle and his reporter friends drink.

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5/10

Monogram strikes again!

When you screen an old movie, there are a few obvious signs as to its quality. Take the Monogram logo, for example. You know that the script will be a rough draft, that production will take only a week or so and that the acting will range between passable and clunky. On the other hand, it might even be entertaining. Which "The Mystery Man" actually is, even when it staggers along. Robert Armstrong stars as an intrepid newspaperman who winds up, after a drunken spree, in St. Louis where he's determined to restart his career by catching the mysterious criminal known as "The Eel." Somewhere along the way, he gets mixed up with a plucky, dead-broke brunette who masquerades as his wife for reasons that make no sense. But why worry about reality? It's...drum roll, please...a Monogram Picture. And that's almost as good as a PRC release.

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