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When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Theatrical
Dec 5, 1932
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 30, 2002
Keywords
Quotes
See all →Murder and Mayhem in Hollywood's Spotlight
Taglines
Movie star MURDERED! KILLER on the loose!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Conflict Between Authority Figures
Det. Lt. Sheehan
What are you and that ] doing here?
[[w:Keystone Cops|Keystone Cop]
Officer Gulliver
Now lookie here, Sheehan, you can't talk that way about me. Remember, I'm Chief of the Studio Police and I got rights! I... I...
Det. Lt. Sheehan
Nature in the raw.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
David Manners
Franklyn Drew
A
Adrienne Ames
Marcia Lane
B
Bela Lugosi
Joseph Steiner
J
John Wray
Detective Lieut. Sheehan
V
Vince Barnett
Officer Gulliver
A
Alexander Carr
Leon A. Grossmith
E
Edward Van Sloan
Tom Avery
H
Harold Minjir
Howell
B
Barbara Bedford
Script Girl
A
Al Hill
Assistant Director
H
Harold Waldridge
Charlie
W
Wade Boteler
Sergeant Hilliker
L
Lee Moran
Todd
K
King Baggot
Al Payne
E
Edmund Burns
Myles Brent
R
Ralph Lewis
Winchell
M
Mona Maris
Mrs. Agnes Avery
F
Frank O'Connor
Tom
P
Paul Porcasi
Ellsmith
A
Alan Roscoe
Chalmers
