Members of a wealthy family start getting threatening letters, and it's not long before the threats turn into reality and family members start getting bumped off. The family lawyer is a former newspaper reporter, and since the family...
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| Bruce Cabot | ... |
Ernie Hyams
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| Margaret Lindsay | ... |
Lorraine Lampier
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| Joseph Calleia | ... |
Frank Penny
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| Stanley Ridges | ... |
Mr. MacKelvey
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| Vivienne Osborne | ... |
Alicia MacKelvey
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| Charley Grapewin | ... |
Aaron Lampier
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| Edward Pawley | ... |
Police Captain Bill Royce
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| George Lynn | ... |
Stephen Lampier
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| Theodore von Eltz | ... |
David Lampier
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| Eadie Adams | ... |
Shirley Allen
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| George Zucco | ... |
Crowley Bascomb
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| Dorothy Kilgallen | ... |
Jane Mills - Reporter
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| Raymond Hatton | ... |
Hotel Clerk
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Richard Terry | ... |
Pete
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Ernie Alexander | ... |
Garage Attendant (uncredited)
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Richard Allen | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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| Charles Arnt | ... |
Lampier's Secretary (uncredited)
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Margaret Bert | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Wade Boteler | ... |
Irish Patrolman (uncredited)
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| Sidney Bracey | ... |
Lampier's Butler (uncredited)
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| Don Brodie | ... |
Parking Station Attendant (uncredited)
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Frank Bruno | ... |
Penny's Henchman (uncredited)
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| Joe Caits | ... |
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
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| Jack Cheatham | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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James Conaty | ... |
Roulette Player (uncredited)
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Hal Cooke | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Jack Daley | ... |
Police Officer Callahan (uncredited)
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| Sayre Dearing | ... |
Green Lantern Patron (uncredited)
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| Lester Dorr | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Jack Dougherty | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Budd Fine | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Kenneth Gibson | ... |
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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| Jonathan Hale | ... |
Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
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Tony Healy | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Harry Holman | ... |
Sgt. Berkovitch (uncredited)
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| Robert Homans | ... |
Sgt. Donovan (uncredited)
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| Charles King | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Richard Kipling | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Jimmie Lucas | ... |
Garage Attendant (uncredited)
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Ralph McCullough | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| J.P. McGowan | ... |
Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
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| Tom McGuire | ... |
Hoboken Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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| Louis Natheaux | ... |
Swenson (uncredited)
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| William H. O'Brien | ... |
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
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| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... |
Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
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Paddy O'Flynn | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Dennis O'Keefe | ... |
Night Club Guest (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited)
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| Alexander Pollard | ... |
Penny's Waiter (uncredited)
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| Frank Reicher | ... |
Theo Drukker (uncredited)
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| Beatrice Roberts | ... |
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
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Mel Ruick | ... |
Gangster (uncredited)
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Dick Rush | ... |
Doorkeeper (uncredited)
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George Taylor | ... |
Penny's Henchman (uncredited)
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| Charles Trowbridge | ... |
Coroner (uncredited)
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Al Williams | ... |
Page Boy (uncredited)
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Charles Williams | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Errol Taggart | ||
Written by
| Leonard Lee | ... | (screen play) and |
| Walter Wise | ... | (screen play) |
| Whitman Chambers | ... | (from a novel by) |
Produced by
| Lucien Hubbard | ... | producer |
| Samuel Marx | ... | producer |
Music by
| Edward Ward | ... | (musical score by) |
Cinematography by
| Leonard Smith | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| William S. Gray | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
| Cedric Gibbons | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Dolph Zimmer | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Eddie Imazu | ... | associate art director |
| Edwin B. Willis | ... | associate art director |
Sound Department
| Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Dolly Tree | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
| Wayne Allen | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Leo Arnaud | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (United States) (theatrical)
- Regal Films (1936) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films Ltd.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1937) (Sweden) (theatrical)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Members of a wealthy family start getting threatening letters, and it's not long before the threats turn into reality and family members start getting bumped off. The family lawyer is a former newspaper reporter, and since the family patriarch owns a newspaper, the lawyer uses his investigative experience and the newspaper's resources to dig into the family history to see if he can uncover the person behind the killings. The evidence he unearths seems to point to one person--his girlfriend. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com |
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| Taglines | "He wrote a swell murder headline...but Romance was his sideline...so he turns detective...Palpitates the heart of a beautiful Debutante...and then the thrills begin!" (Print Ad- Illustrated Daily News, ((Los Angeles, Calif.)) 6 January 1937) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This was columnist/TV panelist Dorothy Kilgallen's film debut, and only movie as an actress apart from a gag cameo in Pajama Party (1964) 28 years later. Fittingly, she plays a reporter. See more » |
| Goofs | When the New Jersey hotel owner enters David's room; he tells Ernie and the cops that someone has to pay for the door. But the cop next to him mouths some words that appears to be"shut up" but there is no audio or sound coming out of the cop's mouth. See more » |
| Soundtracks | Stompin' at the Savoy See more » |
| Quotes |
Police Captain Bill Royce:
What was the idea of jailing Lorraine Lampier? The Commissioner had me on the carpet five minutes after Bacomb got her out. Ernie Hyams: What did you expect me to do? Take her along to Hoboken? Police Captain Bill Royce: Well, I've known you to take girls to funnier places than Hoboken. See more » |