The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles BennettDirector
- Charles BennettWriter
- Bert ShefterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lew AyresJohn Howard Tracy
- Sonny TuftsDet. Simon Shayne
- Marjorie SteelePat Peterson
- Lewis MartinLt. Bruce Gunning
- Gertrude MichaelOlga Valerie Lewis
- Charles CaneWilbur K. Grossett
- Renny McEvoyTurnip
- Bobby WatsonClaude Duffy (as Robert Watson)
- James GriffithPeter Hayden
- Robert BaileyDetective Bob
- Robert CarsonDr. Seymour
- Leon BurbankOffice boy
Stills
Themes
film noirb movie