Murder with Pictures

Synopsis

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 ...

Main Cast

Lew Ayres

Kent Murdock

Age : 88 | Popularity : 5%

Gail Patrick

Meg Archer

Age : 69 | Popularity : 4%

Paul Kelly

I.B. McGoogin

Age : 57 | Popularity : 5%

Benny Baker

Phil Doane

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Ernest Cossart

Stanley Redfield

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Onslow Stevens

Nate Girard

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Joyce Compton

Hester Boone

Age : 90 | Popularity : 3%

Anthony Nace

Joe Cusick

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Sidney Salkow George Harmon Coxe
	Story	Jack Moffitt
Directing	Director	Charles Barton
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
Camera	Director of Photography	Ted Tetzlaff
Production	Producer	A.M. Botsford
	Associate Producer	Edward F. Cline
Editing	Editor	James Smith
Art	Art Direction	Hans Dreier John B. Goodman
	Set Decoration	A. E. Freudeman
Sound	Sound Recordist	Don Johnson Walter Oberst
	Music Director	Boris Morros
	Original Music Composer	Phil Boutelje Friedrich Hollaender Ernst Toch Victor Young
Crew	Presenter	Adolph Zukor
Department	Role	Name

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