Murder with Pictures
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
Lew Ayres
Kent MurdockGail Patrick
Meg ArcherPaul Kelly
I.B. McGooginBenny Baker
Phil DoaneErnest Cossart
Stanley RedfieldOnslow Stevens
Nate GirardJoyce Compton
Hester BooneJoe Sawyer
Inspector Tom BaconDon Rowan
SikiFrank Sheridan
Police ChiefIrving Bacon
Det. KeoghPurnell Pratt
EditorWilliam Bailey
Party Guest (uncredited)Harry C. Bradley
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)Edmund Burns
Reporter (uncredited)Davison Clark
Overholt (uncredited)J.J. Clark
Party Guest (uncredited)Ellen Drew
Bit Role (uncredited)Eddie Dunn
Bailiff (uncredited)Carlton Griffin
Party Guest (uncredited)Howard Hickman
Judge (uncredited)William Hopper
Photographer (uncredited)Marten Lamont
Reporter (uncredited)Frank Marlowe
Pipe Smoker (uncredited)Jack Mulhall
Girard Henchman (uncredited)George Ovey
Trunk Man (uncredited)Lee Phelps
Girard Henchman (uncredited)Art Rowlands
Assistant Editor (uncredited)Christian Rub
Olaf (uncredited)Lee Shumway
Officer Kelly (uncredited)Larry Steers
Party Guest (uncredited)Milburn Stone
Operator (uncredited)Phil Tead
Reporter (uncredited)Dorothy Ward
Party Guest (uncredited)Charles C. Wilson
Assistant Editor (uncredited)Harry Wilson
Girard Henchman (uncredited)Images
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