Synopsis
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
Movie Information
- Director
- B. Reeves Eason
- Writers
- Raymond L. Schrock
- Release Year
- 1942
- Runtime
- 59 minutes
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (5 votes)
Top Cast
Faye Emerson
Gladys Wayne
Van Johnson
Bert Bell
George Meeker
'Scoop' Conner
Frank Wilcox
Randall
Tod Andrews
Dapper Dan Malloy (as Michael Ames)
Roland Drew
Mile-Away Gordon
Ruth Ford
Irene Gordon
Joseph Crehan
Ainslee
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