The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

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  • Release Date: 1932-04-19
  • Runtime: 1h 14min
  • Director: Lloyd Bacon

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Cast

  • Joan Blondell

    Maizie Dickson

  • Grant Mitchell

    Martin Collins

  • Vivienne Osborne

    Mrs. Marcia Ferguson

  • Adrienne Dore

    Antoinette 'Toni' Martin

  • Tom Brown

    Bruce Foster

  • Kenneth Thomson

    Bob Parks

  • Leslie Fenton

    Perrin

  • Oscar Apfel

    Mr. Brooks

  • Walter Miller

    Cedric Works

  • Purnell Pratt

    George M. Ferguson

  • Willard Robertson

    Sheriff

  • George Meeker

    Jigger Bolton

  • Russell Hopton

    Rusty Callahan

  • George McFarland

    Newsboy

  • Leon Ames

    Judd Brooks

  • J. Carrol Naish

    Claude Wright

  • William Burress

    Dad Sipes

  • Clarence Wilson

    County Attorney

  • Russell Simpson

    Banker Craig

  • Kathrin Clare Ward

    Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother

  • George Chandler

    Depot Loafer (uncredited)

  • Spencer Charters

    Fire Chief (uncredited)

  • Dick Curtis

    O'Toole (uncredited)

  • Mike Donlin

    Photographer (uncredited)

  • James Ellison

    Reporter Lane (uncredited)

  • George Irving

    Reporter (uncredited)

  • Si Jenks

    Gas Station Man (uncredited)

  • Allan Lane

    Reporter (uncredited)

  • Claire McDowell

    Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

  • Miriam Seegar

    Mrs. Judd Brooks (uncredited)

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