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Headline Crasher (1937)

Senator's Son Defies Police - Scarlotti Mob Threatens Senator

Genre : Mystery, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 58M

Director : Leslie Goodwins
Writer : Sherman L. Lowe

Synopsis

The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crasher. Little Frankie and Big Kane play a pair of roving journalists who investigate a politician (Richard Tucker) up for re-election. When it seems as though the politico is being set up for a fall by yellow journalists, Darro and Richmond try to get to the truth of the matter. The original story for Headline Crasher is credited to Peter B. Kyne, creator of the "Broncho Billy" western stories.

Actors

Frankie Darro
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.
Kane Richmond
Kane Richmond
Lawrence 'Larry' Deering
Muriel Evans
Muriel Evans
Edith Arlen
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker
Sen. James Tallant
John Merton
John Merton
Tony Scarlotti
Eleanor Stewart
Eleanor Stewart
Helen
Edward Earle
Edward Earle
Atwood
Harry Harvey
Harry Harvey
City Editor
John Ward
John Ward
Campaign Manager

Crews

Leslie Goodwins
Leslie Goodwins
Director
Harry O. Hoyt
Harry O. Hoyt
Adaptation
Peter B. Kyne
Peter B. Kyne
Story
Sherman L. Lowe
Sherman L. Lowe
Screenplay
Maurice Conn
Maurice Conn
Producer
Martin G. Cohn
Martin G. Cohn
Editor
Gilbert Warrenton
Gilbert Warrenton
Director of Photography

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