Martha Carstairs was charged with murder twenty years earlier. Now, as her daughter Edith is about to be married to Malcolm Sims Jr., son of a wealthy industrialist, a sensationalistic ...
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| Humphrey Bogart | ... |
Sherry Scott
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| Beverly Roberts | ... |
Alma Ross
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| Linda Perry | ... |
Edith Carstairs
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| Carlyle Moore Jr. | ... |
Malcolm Sims Jr.
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| Henry O'Neill | ... |
Jim Carstairs
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| Helen MacKellar | ... |
Martha Carstairs
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| Claire Dodd | ... |
Cora Latimer
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Tippy Mantus
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| Harry Hayden | ... |
Dr. Martin Leavenworth
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Bertram C. Reynolds
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Clay Clement | ... |
Mr. Banning
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Douglas Wood | ... |
Malcolm Sims
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Virginia Brissac | ... |
Marion Sims
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Miss Symonds
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Robert Gordon | ... |
Herman Mills
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Martha Carstairs was charged with murder twenty years earlier. Now, as her daughter Edith is about to be married to Malcolm Sims Jr., son of a wealthy industrialist, a sensationalistic radio station revives interest in the case, leading to the suicide of Martha and her husband. Opposing the station's policy is Sherry Scott, supported by his secretary Alma Ross, "two against the world." Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 July 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
One Fatal Hour See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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I started watching this film, "Two Against the World," then thought I'd seen it, and consequently found out it's a remake of "Five Star Final." It's been a while, but the story is basically the same. Humphrey Bogart plays Sherry Scott, the manager of a radio station. His boss suggests that may he's aiming the programming above the heads of the audiences. "You could sit on a toadstool and be above this one," Bogie sneers. The station owner wants a serial based on a twenty-year-old murder case, in which a woman killed her husband but the homicide was found to be justifiable.
The woman, now Edith Carstairs (Linda Perry) at this point is married to a banker (Henry O'Neill) and their daughter (Helen MacKellar) is about to be married to a man from a very good family (Carlyle Moore, Jr.). When the show starts to air on the radio, Edith, whose daughter knows nothing of her past, begs her husband to do something about it. He tries, but to no avail.
This film is an indictment against tabloid radio, as opposed to what we have today -- tabloid everything. Bogart is good in a real '30s melodramatic role, and Beverly Roberts has a nice turn as the know-it-all secretary. Linda Perry is sympathetic as Edith.
I think "Five Star Final" is slightly better, but this film, for its time, was well done.