The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
20 audience votes
Key crew
- William NighDirector
- Clarence Upson YoungScreenplay
Cast
- Patric KnowlesPrivate Detective Jerry Church
- Lionel AtwillDr. Fish
- Anne GwynneKit Logan Church
- Mantan MorelandHoratio B.Fitz Washington
- Samuel S. HindsDudley Crispin
- Mona BarrieEileen Crispin
- Shemp HowardDet. Sgt. Sweeney
- Paul CavanaghJohn Crispin
- Edmund MacDonaldDet. Capt. Bill Hurd
- John GallaudetErnie Paul
- William GouldDist. Atty. Mason
- Leyland HodgsonThomas, the butler