Framed
Cast & Crew
Harold Schuster
Frank Albertson
Constance Moore
Jerome Cowan
Robert Armstrong
Sidney Blackmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When reporter Henry T. Parker informs Skippy, his city editor, that he is quitting the newspaper business to write the great American novel, Skippy persuades the reporter to cover one last story, the disappearance of prominent sportsman Walter Billings whom Hank recently persuaded to testify against blackmailer Tony Bowman. At a bar, Hank meets Monty de Granville, a society reporter, who tells Hank that he overheard that Billings was hiding out at the Hotel McAdams. Hank goes to the hotel, and just as he persuades Billings to testify, a shot rings out and Billings falls dead. Hank crashes into the bedroom and runs into Phyllis Sanderson, Billings' secretary, who has just entered from the hallway. Fleeing the scene of the crime, Hank hears a radio broadcast that reveals his press card was found at the scene of the crime and that he is wanted for murder. Realizing that he has been framed, Hank eludes the police and seeks out Monty, who tells him that he learned of Billings' hideout through Bowman's stooge, Matthew Mattison, and his girl friend, Goldie Green. After renting an ambulance, Hank dons an intern's uniform and leads Monty and Phyllis in search of the murderer. When Phyllis remembers smelling the scent of rare perfume in Billings' room, Hank traces the perfume to Gwen Porter, one of Bowman's lady friends, but a bullet from Bowman kills her before she can talk. After a phone call to Skippy reveals who framed him with the phony press card, Hank persuades Monty to return to the hotel to look for further evidence. In Billings' room, Monty shoves a gun into Hank's back, but before he can shoot, the lights switch on, revealing Skippy with photographers and the police. Hank then explains that Monty was supplying Bowman with information for his extortion racket and, fearful of exposure, killed Billings while Bowman killed Gwen. Hank continues that he became supicious of Monty upon learning that he left the reporter's card at the scene of the murder. With the case solved, Hank and Phyllis inform Skippy that they are going away to live the great American novel.
Director
Harold Schuster
Cast
Frank Albertson
Constance Moore
Jerome Cowan
Robert Armstrong
Sidney Blackmer
Judith Allen
Herbert Rawlinson
Jack Arnold
Milburn Stone
Barbara Pepper
Wade Boteler
Adia Kuznetzoff
Margaret Mcwade
James Flavin
George Guhl
Eddy Chandler
Harry Strang
Henry Rocquemore
Margaret Roach
Lee Phelps
Dick Wessel
William Gould
Leila Mcintyre
Joe Whitehead
Walter Tetley
Jerry Fletcher
Mildred Gover
Stanley Blystone
Gary Breckner
Dave Willock
Bill Moore
Harold Daniels
Bud Harris
Ronnie Rondell
James Lucas
Dale Armstrong
Donald Kerr
Max Marx
Crew
Jerome Ash
Louis Blaine
Bernard B. Brown
Charles Carroll
Roy Chanslor
Ralph M. Delacy
R. A. Gausman
Otto Ludwig
Jack Otterson
Vaughn Paul
Ben Pivar
H. J. Salter
Vera West
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Trouble's My Middle Name. Although a print of this film was not viewed, the above credits and plot summary were taken from a cutting continuity included in the studio files. Hollywood Reporter production charts add Edmund Lowe and Jerry Marlowe to the cast, but their participation in the film has not been confirmed.
