Murder with Pictures (1936)

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Forty Witnesses Saw the Killing, But Not One Could Pick the Killer! 1936-09-24 United States of America 69 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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 ...

Cast

Lew Ayres is Kent Murdock
Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick is Meg Archer
Meg Archer
Paul Kelly is I.B. McGoogin
I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker is Phil Doane
Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart is Stanley Redfield
Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens is Nate Girard
Nate Girard
Joyce Compton is Hester Boone
Hester Boone
Anthony Nace is Joe Cusick
Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer is Inspector Tom Bacon
Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan is Siki
Frank Sheridan is Police Chief
Police Chief
Irving Bacon is Det. Keogh
Det. Keogh