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THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION!
4.8 / 10 IMDb July 20, 1939 1h 15m
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
Director
Runtime
1h 15m
Release Date
July 20, 1939
Genre
Action, Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
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Cast
Preston Foster
as Steve Drum
Lynn Bari
as Maxine Thomas
Russell Gleason
as Albert Hockman
George Barbier
as Clanahan
Eddie Collins
as Billiard
Minor Watson
as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
Charles Halton
as Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge
Paul Harvey
as Inspector Melrose
Richard Lane
as Barney Basely
Charles Lane
as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
Betty Compson
as Kitty Truman
Paul Fix
as Joe Luddy
Paul Guilfoyle
as Bat Randall
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Ernie Alexander
as Drunk
Irving Bacon
as Mike, Fingerprint Man
Eugene Borden
as Headwaiter
Wade Boteler
as Warden
Harold Goodwin
as Simms
George Guhl
as Turnkey
J. Anthony Hughes
as Guard
Production Companies
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