The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them and they to the lab to see Professor Reynolds, the real inventor. Soon, they are involved in several shootings, blueprints that change hands several times, a corpse in their car that appears and disappears a few times, the loss of their jobs and several people who either think they are killers or candidates for being killed.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert HermanDirector
- John T. NevilleScreenplay
Cast
- Frank JenksEddie Porter
- Robin RaymondPatsy Clark
- H.B. WarnerProfessor Reynolds
- Ray WalkerJimmie Foster
- Davison ClarkJohn Foster
- Robert HomansPolice Lieutenant Daniel O'Day (as Bob Homans)
- Milton KibbeeWheeler
- Frank McGlynn Sr.Blake
- Pat GleasonRed
- Edward KeaneGentry
- Earle S. DeweyEddie Griffith
- Gene RothMr. Joyce
Stills
Themes
inventorphotographerkiller