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A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
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Jun 22, 1945
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Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions
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Cast
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Jack Haley
Larry Elliot
A
Ann Savage
Sally Warren
B
Barton MacLane
George 'Deacon' Markham
V
Veda Ann Borg
Flo Rosson
R
Roger Pryor
Richardson
G
George E. Stone
Mink
R
Robert Emmett Keane
Prof. Wisner
L
Lucien Littlefield
Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck
P
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
A
Arthur Aylesworth
Emerson Cooke
E
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cooke
B
Buddy Swan
Oliver Waldeck
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Walter Baldwin
Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
D
Dick Curtis
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
E
Edward Earle
Joshua Elliott (Uncredited)
C
Charles Williams
Reporter (Uncredited)
J
Jack Deery
Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)
E
Eric Mayne
Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)
