Murder with Pictures
5.1
69 minutes
9/24/1936
Overview
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Cast List
Lew Ayres
as Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick
as Meg Archer
Paul Kelly
as I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker
as Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart
as Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens
as Nate Girard
Joyce Compton
as Hester Boone
Anthony Nace
as Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan
as Siki
Frank Sheridan
as Police Chief
Irving Bacon
as Det. Keogh
Purnell Pratt
as Editor
William Bailey
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Barrett
as Reporter (uncredited)
Patsy Bellamy
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Burkhardt
as Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
as Reporter (uncredited)
Vance Carroll
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Overholt (uncredited)
Beatrice Coleman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Ellen Drew
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kay Gordon
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Margareth Harrison
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Judge (uncredited)
William Hopper
as Photographer (uncredited)
Ernest W. Johnson
as Corpse (uncredited)
Harry Jordan
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Marten Lamont
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Losee Jr.
as Reporter (uncredited)
Nick Lukats
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Pipe Smoker (uncredited)
Rex Moore
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Ovey
as Trunk Man (uncredited)
Bob Perry
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Earl Pingree
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Art Rowlands
as Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Christian Rub
as Olaf (uncredited)
Allen Saunders
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kai Schmidt
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
as Officer Kelly (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Stevens
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
as Operator (uncredited)
Phil Tead
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Wallace
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Dorothy Ward
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Pat West
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles C. Wilson
as Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Girard Henchman (uncredited)
J.J. Clark
as Party Guest (uncredited)