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Murder with Pictures (1936)

Directed by Charles Barton

Crime | Mystery

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 ...

Length 69 minutes

Actors

Lew Ayres | Gail Patrick | Paul Kelly | Benny Baker | Ernest Cossart | Onslow Stevens | Joyce Compton | Anthony Nace | Joe Sawyer | Don Rowan | Frank Sheridan | Irving Bacon | Purnell Pratt | William Bailey | Paul Barrett | Patsy Bellamy | Harry C. Bradley | Robert Burkhardt | Edmund Burns | Vance Carroll | Jack Chapin | Davison Clark | J.J. Clark | Beatrice Coleman | Mike Donovan | Ellen Drew | Eddie Dunn | Jerry Fletcher | Kay Gordon | Carlton Griffin | Margareth Harrison | Howard C. Hickman | William Hopper | Ernest W. Johnson | Harry Jordan | Marten Lamont | Frank Losee Jr. | Nick Lukats | Frank Marlowe | Rex Moore | Jack Mulhall | Paddy O'Flynn | George Ovey | Bob Perry | Lee Phelps | Earl Pingree | Art Rowlands | Christian Rub | Allen Saunders | Kai Schmidt | Lee Shumway | Larry Steers | Dorothy Stevens | Milburn Stone | Phil Tead | Harry Wallace | Dorothy Ward | Pat West | Charles C. Wilson | Harry Wilson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Case of too many plot turns and twists for an hour long runtime. Needed more time to let them breathe and make the effective.

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