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The Murder Man (1935)
Directed by Tim Whelan
Overview
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an ‘open and shut’ case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander’s execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Rated NR | Length 69 minutes
Actors
Spencer Tracy | Virginia Bruce | Lionel Atwill | Harvey Stephens | Robert Barrat | James Stewart | William Collier Sr. | Bobby Watson | William Demarest | John Sheehan | Lucien Littlefield | George Chandler | Fuzzy Knight | Louise Henry | Robert Warwick | Joe Irving | Francis X. Bushman Jr. | Lita Chevret | Jeanie Roberts | Theodore von Eltz | Howard C. Hickman | Selmer Jackson | Al Bridge | Heinie Conklin | Edward Keane | Stanley Andrews | Cyril Ring | Charles Trowbridge | Harry Tyler | James Flavin | Wilbur Mack | Charles Coleman | Irving Bacon