10 May 1940
Opened by Mistake
A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.
The 13th Man
A tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous criminals. As he is about to name the target for his next investigation, he is murdered in the midst of a crowd. The police have many suspects and hardly any clues, so two reporters decide to investigate for themselves.
Top Billed Cast
Weldon Heyburn A. 'Swifty' Taylor
Inez Courtney Julie Walters
Selmer Jackson Andrew Baldwin
Matty Fain Louis Cristy
Milburn Stone Jimmy Moran
Grace Durkin Alice Moran
Robert Homans Police Lt. Tom O'Hara
Eadie Adams Stella Leroy
Sidney Payne 'Legs' Henderson
Dewey Robinson Romeo Casanova
William Gould Dist. Atty. Robert E. Sutherland
Warner Richmond George Crandall the Bookie
Eddie Gribbon Iron Man
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