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Murder with Pictures

Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...

1936 |1h 9m |  Crime, Mystery

Cast

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Lew Ayres

Kent Murdock

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Gail Patrick

Meg Archer

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Paul Kelly

I.B. McGoogin

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Benny Baker

Phil Doane

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Ernest Cossart

Stanley Redfield

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Onslow Stevens

Nate Girard

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Joyce Compton

Hester Boone

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Joe Sawyer

Inspector Tom Bacon

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Don Rowan

Siki

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Frank Sheridan

Police Chief

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Irving Bacon

Det. Keogh

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Purnell Pratt

Editor

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William Bailey

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

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Edmund Burns

Reporter (uncredited)

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Davison Clark

Overholt (uncredited)

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J.J. Clark

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ellen Drew

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Carlton Griffin

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Howard Hickman

Judge (uncredited)

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William Hopper

Photographer (uncredited)

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Marten Lamont

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank Marlowe

Pipe Smoker (uncredited)

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Jack Mulhall

Girard Henchman (uncredited)

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George Ovey

Trunk Man (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Girard Henchman (uncredited)

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Art Rowlands

Assistant Editor (uncredited)

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Christian Rub

Olaf (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Officer Kelly (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Milburn Stone

Operator (uncredited)

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Phil Tead

Reporter (uncredited)

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Dorothy Ward

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Assistant Editor (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Girard Henchman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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