01 Jan 1990
American Born
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
Murder with Pictures
Forty Witnesses Saw the Killing, But Not One Could Pick the Killer!
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 ...
Top Billed Cast
Lew Ayres Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick Meg Archer
Paul Kelly I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens Nate Girard
Joyce Compton Hester Boone
Anthony Nace Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan Siki
Frank Sheridan Police Chief
Irving Bacon Det. Keogh
Purnell Pratt Editor
William Bailey Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Barrett Reporter (uncredited)
Patsy Bellamy Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Burkhardt Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Burns Reporter (uncredited)
Vance Carroll Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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