Murder with Pictures (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 ...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.843 |
Directed By
Charles Barton
Crew
George Harmon Coxe
Charles Barton
Edith Head
Sidney Salkow
Ted Tetzlaff
Jack Moffitt
Hans Dreier
A.M. Botsford
James Smith
A. E. Freudeman
Walter Oberst
Edward F. Cline
Phil Boutelje
Victor Young
John B. Goodman
Adolph Zukor
Friedrich Hollaender
Don Johnson
Boris Morros
Ernst Toch
TOP CAST
Lew Ayres
Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick
Meg Archer
Paul Kelly
I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker
Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart
Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens
Nate Girard
Joyce Compton
Hester Boone
Anthony Nace
Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer
Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan
Siki
Frank Sheridan
Police Chief
Irving Bacon
Det. Keogh
Purnell Pratt
Editor
William Bailey
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Barrett
Reporter (uncredited)
Patsy Bellamy
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Burkhardt
Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Reporter (uncredited)
Vance Carroll
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
Reporter (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Overholt (uncredited)
Beatrice Coleman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Ellen Drew
Bit Role (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Bailiff (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Reporter (uncredited)
Kay Gordon
Party Guest (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Margareth Harrison
Party Guest (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Judge (uncredited)
William Hopper
Photographer (uncredited)
Ernest W. Johnson
Corpse (uncredited)
Harry Jordan
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Marten Lamont
Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Losee Jr.
Reporter (uncredited)
Nick Lukats
Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Pipe Smoker (uncredited)
Rex Moore
Newsboy (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn
Reporter (uncredited)
George Ovey
Trunk Man (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Earl Pingree
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Art Rowlands
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Christian Rub
Olaf (uncredited)
Allen Saunders
Reporter (uncredited)
Kai Schmidt
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Officer Kelly (uncredited)
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