The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Sam NewfieldDirector
- Fred MytonScreenplay
Cast
- Hugh BeaumontMichael Shayne
- Kathryn AdamsPhyllis Hamilton
- Cy KendallInspector Pete Rafferty
- Marjorie HoshelleHelen Porter
- Frank FergusonWalter Bronson
- Richard FraserDillingham 'Dilly' Smith
- Paul BryarTim Rourke
- Mauritz HugoHank Brenner
- Charles Cahill WilsonChief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
- Sonia SorelMuriel Bronson
- Claire RochelleMinerva Dickens