Murder with Pictures
(1936)

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

Released: 1936-09-24

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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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Lew Ayres

as Kent Murdock

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Gail Patrick

as Meg Archer

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Paul Kelly

as I.B. McGoogin

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Benny Baker

as Phil Doane

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Ernest Cossart

as Stanley Redfield

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Onslow Stevens

as Nate Girard

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Joyce Compton

as Hester Boone

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Anthony Nace

as Joe Cusick

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Joe Sawyer

as Inspector Tom Bacon

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Frank Sheridan

as Police Chief

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Irving Bacon

as Det. Keogh

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William Bailey

as Party Guest (uncredited)

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Paul Barrett

as Reporter (uncredited)

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Patsy Bellamy

as Party Guest (uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

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Robert Burkhardt

as Reporter (uncredited)

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Edmund Burns

as Reporter (uncredited)

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Vance Carroll

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

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Edith Head

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Ted Tetzlaff

Director of Photography

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Edward F. Cline

Associate Producer

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John B. Goodman

Art Direction

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A. E. Freudeman

Set Decoration

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Don Johnson

Sound Recordist

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Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

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Boris Morros

Music Director

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Phil Boutelje

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Friedrich Hollaender

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Ernst Toch

Original Music Composer

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Victor Young

Original Music Composer

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