
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
Release Date: 8/7/1946
Runtime: 57 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Philip Ford
00Companies: Republic Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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There clearly wasn't much cash for this, but Adele Mara ("Gerry") and Warren Douglas ("Johnny Strange") do their best to make up for that with a quickly-paced crime drama that punches quite a bit above it's weight. He is a PI on the lookout for a new secretary. She volunteers for the role, and soon the pair are caught up in the murder of a radio gossip columnist. Next thing, he's been thumped over the head and has to convince the police he had nothing to do with the killing. There is no absence of suspects for the crime, indeed there might well have been folks in the front row of the cinema who might have killed this, as it turns out, rather scurrilous man. I enjoyed this - it's cheap and cheerful, but builds nicely to an uncomplicated conclusion.
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Adele Mara
Geraldine Travis, alias Gerry Smith

Warren Douglas
Johnny Strange

William Frawley
Det. Lt. Webb

Ricardo Cortez
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Virginia Christine
Rhoda Roberts

Ken Niles
Ken, Radio Announcer

Will Wright
Henry Boggs

Dorothy Adams
Emma Wilson
Martha Montgomery
Anne Travis Lowe

Edward Gargan
Parking Ticket Cop

Fred Graham
Duke's Henchman

Eddie Parker
Duke's Henchman
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