Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
Overview
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.194 |
Directed By
Phil Rosen
Crew
Phil Rosen
Octavus Roy Cohen
Olive Cooper
Joseph Krumgold
Cortland Fitzsimmons
Eric Taylor
William Morgan
Eloise
Jack A. Marta
Joseph Krumgold
Albert E. Levoy
Alberto Colombo
Terry Kellum
Eugene Joseff
Murray Seldeen
Harry Grey
Arthur Knowlton
Clarence Wheeler
Walter Compton
TOP CAST
Guy Kibbee
James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey
Tom Brown
Don Terry
Lucie Kaye
Joan Frost
Catherine Doucet
Adelaide Frost
Edward Gargan
O. R.Smith
Edward Brophy
Romo
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Tom Ellis
Theodore von Eltz
Dunn
Kenneth Thomson
W. B. Elwood
Howard Hickman
Herbert Frost
Oscar Apfel
Lambert
Wade Boteler
Davis
Robert Emmett Keane
Editor
Robert Homans
Sheriff Garrett
Harry Tyler
Taxi Driver
Frank Darien
Pete
Charles Williams
Brackett
Richard Beach
Bit (uncredited)
William Benedict
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Lillian Elliott
Society Woman (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)
Sam Flint
Bit (uncredited)
Gladys Gale
Society Woman (uncredited)
June Johnson
June (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Policeman (uncredited)
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