Top billed cast

1. 

   Franchot Tone

   Stuart Bailey

2. 

   Janet Blair

   Norma Shannon

3. 

   Janis Carter

   Mrs. Caprillo

4. 

   Adele Jergens

   Boots Nestor

5. 

   Glenda Farrell

   Hazel Bixby

6. 

   Steven Geray

   Keller

7. 

   Tom Powers

   Ralph Johnston

8. 

   Lynn Merrick

   Mrs. Johnston

9. 

   John Ireland

   Reno

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09

This is quite a complex tale of murder, blackmail and impersonation. Wealthy Tom Powers ("Johnston") hires private investigator Franchot Tone ("Bailey") to investigate his wife. The digging reveals she had rather an unsavoury past as a dancer who hooked up with an actor and had pinched $40k from her old employers. She turns up dead under Malibu pier and Tone is soon prime suspect for Robert Barrat's "Lt. Quint". It moves along efficiently, with plenty of twists and turns and the support from the two ladies Janet Blair and Janis Carter as well as from John Ireland and a very brief appearance by...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• robbery
• based on novel or book
• secret identity
• film noir
• murder
• private investigator
• stolen identity
• private detective
• set up
• wealthy man
• mysterious past
• missing wife
• suspicious husband
• bigamist
• blackmail demand