The read
It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles LogueScreenplay
- Lewis D. CollinsDirector
Cast
- Ralph GravesClay Holt
- Lola LanePeggy Cummings
- James BurkeDetective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis
- Lois WilsonElaine Purdy
- Edward EarleWillard Purdy
- Hyram A. HooverJerry Papolas
- Charles RayCourtney Mallory
- John ElliottMr. Davidson
- John Webb DillionInspector Tyler
- Vance CarrollPoliceman
Stills
Themes
jewelryex husbandmurderprivate investigatorsecretarypolice detectivedivorced womanex-conhigh societyjewelermissing moneysociety party