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Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)

Genre : Mystery, Crime

Runtime : 1H 7M

Director : Bernard Vorhaus
Writer : Sidney Sheldon, Ben Roberts

Synopsis

Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless assistant DA P. Cadwallader Jones. The publisher of a tony fashion magazine is murdered, requiring Jones to sift through a colorful array of suspects. He is helped (?) along by snoopy girl reporter Terry Parker (Virginia Gilmore), who by default is the brightest character in the picture.

Actors

James Ellison
James Ellison
P. Cadwallader Jones
Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore
Terry Parker
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
Charley Towne
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Dist. Atty. Winton
Lynne Carver
Lynne Carver
Joyce Belmont
Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters
Judge White
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
Vincent Mackay
John Eldredge
John Eldredge
Andrew Belmont

Crews

Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus
Director
Daniel Mainwaring
Daniel Mainwaring
Characters
Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon
Screenplay
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts
Screenplay
John Alton
John Alton
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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