United States / Sep 24, 1936
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anthony Nace | Joe Cusick |
| Joe Sawyer | Inspector Tom Bacon |
| Don Rowan | Siki |
| Frank Sheridan | Police Chief |
| Irving Bacon | Det. Keogh |
| Purnell Pratt | Editor |
| William Bailey | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Paul Barrett | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Patsy Bellamy | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) |
| Robert Burkhardt | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Edmund Burns | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Vance Carroll | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| Jack Chapin | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Davison Clark | Overholt (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Coleman | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | Jury Foreman (uncredited) |
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| Ellen Drew | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Jerry Fletcher | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Kay Gordon | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Carlton Griffin | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Margareth Harrison | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Howard Hickman | Judge (uncredited) |
| William Hopper | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Ernest W. Johnson | Corpse (uncredited) |
| Harry Jordan | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| Marten Lamont | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Losee Jr. | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Nick Lukats | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Pipe Smoker (uncredited) |
| Rex Moore | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Jack Mulhall | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| Paddy O'Flynn | Reporter (uncredited) |
| George Ovey | Trunk Man (uncredited) |
| Bob Perry | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| Earl Pingree | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Art Rowlands | Assistant Editor (uncredited) |
| Christian Rub | Olaf (uncredited) |
| Allen Saunders | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Kai Schmidt | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Lee Shumway | Officer Kelly (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Stevens | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Milburn Stone | Operator (uncredited) |
| Phil Tead | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Harry Wallace | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Ward | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Pat West | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Charles C. Wilson | Assistant Editor (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| J.J. Clark | Party Guest (uncredited) |
Genres
CrimeMystery
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Murder with Pictures |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date | 24 settembre 1936 |
| Production | A.M. Botsford, Edward F. Cline |
| Writer | Sidney Salkow, George Harmon Coxe, Jack Moffitt |
| Editing | James Smith |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Assistant directors | Charles Barton |
| Camera operators | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Additional photography | Ted Tetzlaff |
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| Production design | John B. Goodman, A. E. Freudeman, Hans Dreier |
| Art direction | John B. Goodman, Hans Dreier, A. E. Freudeman |
| Set decoration | A. E. Freudeman, John B. Goodman, Hans Dreier |
| Music | Friedrich Hollaender, Phil Boutelje, Victor Young, Ernst Toch, Boris Morros, Walter Oberst, Don Johnson |
| Sound | Boris Morros, Friedrich Hollaender, Phil Boutelje, Victor Young, Walter Oberst, Don Johnson, Ernst Toch |
| Costume design | Edith Head |
| Makeup | Edith Head |
| Hairstyling | Edith Head |
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