They Asked for It
Cast & Crew
Frank Mcdonald
William Lundigan
Joy Hodges
Michael Whalen
Isabel Jewell
Lyle Talbot
Film Details
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Synopsis
In a small country town, newspaper editor Steve Lewis and Mary Lou Carroll, his one-woman staff, struggle to keep their paper, the Bee Clarion , afloat. Mary Lou, in addition to her job as reporter and ad saleswoman, cooks meals at the office for Steve and his friends, Howard Adams, an attorney fresh out of law school, and Dr. Peter Sparks, a struggling young physician. Yearning for a headline, Steve and his friends drive to the outskirts of town to investigate the death of farmer Tad Herkimer. Seizing upon the death as an opportunity to inject some excitement into the Bee , Steve and his friends fake some clues and convince the sheriff that the farmer has been murdered. After the coroner exposes the hoax, however, Steve, humiliated, is about to leave town when he receives a visit from Marty Collins, the town pool hustler, claiming that Herkimer was killed by his own daughter Molly. Molly signs a confession, but during the trial, Marty gets drunk and admits that the confession was a fake. Molly, however, is flattered by her notoriety, and refuses to recant her confession. The jury is about to return a verdict of guilty when Mary Lou uncovers some clues that point to the real killers. Marty suddenly leaves town, and Steve, acting on a secret tip, traces him to his hideout and brings him back to court as a witness. Using information supplied by Marty and evidence supplied by Mary Lou, Molly's attorney, Howard Adams, proves that Herkimer's barn was being used by silk smugglers who killed the farmer in a quarrel over money. The sensational murder trial brings new accounts pouring into the newspaper office, and Steve and Mary Lou, at a loss to find a headline after the trial, decide to elope.
Director
Frank Mcdonald
Cast
William Lundigan
Joy Hodges
Michael Whalen
Isabel Jewell
Lyle Talbot
Thomas Beck
Spencer Charters
James Bush
Charles Halton
Edward Mcwade
Barlowe Borland
James Flavin
Wally Maher
Nick Copeland
William Marceau
Jack Gardner
Billy Wayne
Matt Mchugh
Ralph Sanford
William Ruhl
George Guhl
Richard Alexander
George Offerman Jr.
Ben Hall
Milt Kibbee
Ferris Taylor
Robert Mckenzie
Tommy Bupp
Buddy Bange
George Billings
Alden Chase
Douglas Evans
Emmett Vogan
Ronald Paige
Buster Slaven
Dewey Bender
George Ovey
Betty Compson
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Philip Cahn
Stanley Cortez
Ralph M. Delacey
Lester Fuller
R. A. Gausman
Max Golden
Hal Herman
Arthur T. Horman
Vernon Keays
Jack Otterson
Robert Pritchard
Vera West
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Notes
The above credits and plot were taken from a cutting continuity contained in the studio files. In the continuity and copyright records, James B. Lowell originally shared story credit with Lester Fuller, but his name was later deleted from the records.
