74
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Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt. Lewis Nagel to the sleepy suburban town of Fairview, where he is followed by reporter Steve Withers because he knows Nagel will find a story.
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Audiences 68GoodWatch 74
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 6 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 mysteries, −36 min on the typical 102
typical 10266Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Released
1938
March 31, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
MysteryCrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
12 of 12
Jack HoltPolice Lt. Lewis Nagel
Beverly RobertsJeane Sandford
Craig ReynoldsReporter Steve Withers
Marjorie GatesonMuffin Wilder
Dorothy ApplebyClaire Sandford
Gilbert EmeryEdmund Sandford
Tom KennedyPolice Sergeant Handley
Corbet MorrisRonald Sandford
Sheila BromleyGrace Sandford
John WrayHerbert Sandford
Maurice CassEdgar Kerr
Tully MarshallStuart Hackett
Directing · 1
- Lewis D. Collins Director
Writing · 2
- Jefferson Parker Screenplay
- Howard J. Green Story, Screenplay
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