Murder with Pictures
Cast & Crew
Charles Barton
Lew Ayres
Gail Patrick
Paul Kelly
Benny Baker
Ernest Cossart
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Synopsis
Stanley Redfield, defense lawyer for racketeer Nate Girard, who has been accused of murdering a man named Cusick, is murdered during a press party held to celebrate Girard's acquittal. Among the suspects are two newspapermen, Phil Doane and I. B. McGoogin, and Meg Archer, a mysterious woman who appeared in town shortly after Girard's release. Free from suspicion is ace news photographer Kent Murdock, who was in a nearby apartment arguing with his showgirl fiancéé, Hester Boone, when the murder took place. In the chaos immediately following the shooting, Meg slips out and hides in Murdock's shower. Murdock believes in her innocence and protects her from police inspector Bacon. Murdock further complicates his involvement by helping McGoogin and Doane conceal a piece of evidence--a photographic plate that reveals the murderer. Murdock doubts Meg when he discovers she accepted money from Girard but, as he is now in love with her, helps her to escape while disguised as Hester. Later, McGoogin is killed attempting to develop the plate, and Meg is a suspect again. When an attempt is made on her life, the police let Murdock believe she has committed suicide. Still determined to prove her innocence, Murdock trails Girard and his new assistant, who turns out to be Joe Cusick, the vengeful brother of the victim, who knows that Girard actually did commit the murder. Murdock almost shoots Girard, but Inspector Bacon intercedes and kills Girard as he pulls a gun on Murdock. Meg is freed, and with Murdock's help, turns in Cusick, who has been identified as the murderer of Redfield and McGoogin. Meg and Murdock collect a reward for finding the killer, pay off Hester, who had accused Murdock of breach of promise, and contemplate married life.
Director
Charles Barton
Cast
Lew Ayres
Gail Patrick
Paul Kelly
Benny Baker
Ernest Cossart
Onslow Stevens
Anthony Nace
Joyce Compton
Joseph Sawyer
Don Rowan
Frank Sheridan
Irving Bacon
Purnell Pratt
Christian Rub
Mike Pat Donovan
Eddie Dunn
Howard C. Hickman
Harry Wallace
Robert Perry
Lee Phelps
Jack Mulhall
Harry Jordan
Pat West
Phil Tead
Robert Burkhardt
Edmund Burns
Paddy O'flynn
Jerry Fletcher
Jack Chapin
Nick Lukats
Martin Lamont
Paul Barrett
Frank Losee Jr.
De Wolf Hopper
Margaret Harrison
Beatrice Coleman
Dorothy Stevens
Dorothy Thompson
Kay Gordon
Larry Steers
William Norton Bailey
Kai Schmidt
Patsy Bellamy
Jack Clark
Earl M. Pingree
Rex Moore
Davison Clark
Frank Marlowe
Art Rowlands
George Ovey
Lee Shumway
Pat O'malley
Hal Price
Howard Joslin
Harry C. Bradley
Milburn Stone
Ernest Johnson
Charles Wilson
Crew
A. M. Botsford
Edward F. Cline
George Harmon Coxe
Hans Dreier
A. E. Freudeman
John Goodman
Edith Head
Don Johnson
William Le Baron
John C. Moffitt
Eddie Montagne
Boris Morros
Walter Oberst
Sidney Salkow
James Smith
Ted Tetzlaff
Adolph Zukor
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Press information claims Paramount property man Ernest Johnson plays a corpse in this film. Scenarist John C. Moffitt was the former motion picture news editor for the Kansas City Star. According to press information, through arrangement with Wirephoto executives, a new Wirephoto system was used in this film, and some scenes were filmed using the Los Angeles Times lab and equipment.
