29 Jul 2005
The Skeleton Key
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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So Hot - They Put Him In The Cooler!
This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Top Billed Cast
Ralph Byrd Jimmy O'Brien
Virginia Vale Betty Collins
William Halligan Warden Collins
Dick Rich Tom Barnes
Herbert Rawlinson District Attorney
Cecil Weston Mrs. Briggs
Tom Herbert Carnation Charlie
Stubby Kruger Dynamite (as Harold Kruger)
Frank Hagney Butch
Jack Buckley Windy
Harry Depp Ben Marlo
Jack Roper Nipper
Al Goldsmith Coffee Cake George
John Ince Judge Scott
Joe Oakie Sneaky
Alfred Hall Dr. Williams
Jimmy Aubrey Orderly
Richard Cramer Reilly
Jack Cheatham Tim
Jack Perrin Ed
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