Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.Pat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.
- Maid
- (as Louise Beaver)
- Josephus Martini
- (uncredited)
- Detective Jim Brown
- (uncredited)
- Eddie - Morgue Attendant
- (uncredited)
- Policeman in Hallway
- (uncredited)
- Eddie - Detective
- (uncredited)
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a press sheet on the film in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Library, writer Kurt Kempler was a former New York police reporter, and the film was based on an actual occurrence. This was his fifth and last screen credit.
- GoofsThe male reporter takes a semi-automatic pistol out of his pocket and declares it to be a "Black Revolver", That is a completely different type of gun.
- Quotes
Wilfred: Why do you say jumped?
Police Insp. Russell: Because I'm an inspector and I can say anything I want to.
Wilfred: I've always thought...
Police Insp. Russell: I've warned you against thinking. You think I'm so dumb I haven't considered the possiblity of a murder, but I have Wilfred, that's why I'm having so much fun.
- Crazy creditsBlack actress Louise Beavers, who plays the maid, is listed in the opening credits as "Louise Beaver."
- ConnectionsEdited into Cynful Movies: A shriek in the Night (2022)
- ptb-8
- Apr 20, 2005
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1