Murder with Pictures

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Forty Witnesses Saw the Killing, But Not One Could Pick the Killer!

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 ...

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  • Release Date: 1936-09-24
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Director: Charles Barton

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  • Cast

    • Lew Ayres

      Kent Murdock

    • Gail Patrick

      Meg Archer

    • Paul Kelly

      I.B. McGoogin

    • Benny Baker

      Phil Doane

    • Ernest Cossart

      Stanley Redfield

    • Onslow Stevens

      Nate Girard

    • Joyce Compton

      Hester Boone

    • 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)

    • 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)

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