Movielogr
Exclusive (1937)
Directed by Alexander Hall
Overview
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph’s fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette’s offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph’s debt with Gillette’s renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
Rated NR | Length 85 minutes
Actors
Fred MacMurray | Frances Farmer | Charles Ruggles | Lloyd Nolan | Fay Holden | Horace McMahon | Ralph Morgan | Edward H. Robins | Harlan Briggs | Willard Robertson | William Mansell | Steve Pendleton | Chester Clute | Irving Bacon | James Blakeley | Sam Hayes | Mariska Aldrich | Ricca Allen | William Arnold | Sam Ash | Benny Bartlett | Jack Chapin | Jack Cheatham | Edward Churchill | Ethel Clayton | Joe Cunningham | Jack Daley | Max Davidson | Joe De Stefani | James Dime | Margaret Fealy | Almeda Fowler | Billy Franey | Mack Gray | Frank Hammond | Harry Hayden | Edward Hearn | Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Tex Higginson | Carol Holloway | Erskine Johnson | John Kelly | Billy Lee | Ann Marsters | Robert Milasch | Frances Morris | Spec O'Donnell | Frank Puglia | James Quinn | Dick Rush | Lou Salter | Allan Sears | Antrim Short | Gertrude Simpson | Libby Taylor | Ray Turner | Pat West | Cornel Wilde | Gloria Williams | Charlene Wyatt | Frank Bruno | Richard Allen