Man From Headquarters
"THEY DON'T DARE KILL A REPORTER!" It's easy for an editor to say that, but he knows if he puts the finger on an underworld czar, he is a dead man!
1942 · 1h 4m · Passed
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Overview
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Director and cast
- Jean Yarbrough Director
- Frank Albertson as Larry Doyle
- Joan Woodbury as Ann Weston
- Dick Elliott as Editor Elwin A. Jonas
- Byron Foulger as Hotel Manager Clark
- John Maxwell as Managing Editor Marvin
- Robert Kellard as Hotel Clerk
- Gwen Kenyon as Hat Check Girl
- Melville Ruick as District Attorney Johnson
- Jack Mulhall as Whalen, Reporter
- Max Hoffman Jr. as Gang Leader Louis Padroni
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