Headline Crasher

Headline Crasher (1937)

Senator's Son Defies Police - Scarlotti Mob Threatens Senator

  • Genre: Mystery, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1937-08-04
  • Runtime: 0h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Conn Pictures Corporation
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Leslie Goodwins

Summary

The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crasher. Little Frankie and Big Kane play a pair of roving journalists who investigate a politician (Richard Tucker) up for re-election. When it seems as though the politico is being set up for a fall by yellow journalists, Darro and Richmond try to get to the truth of the matter. The original story for Headline Crasher is credited to Peter B. Kyne, creator of the "Broncho Billy" western stories.

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  • Frankie Darro

    as James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.
  • Kane Richmond

    as Lawrence 'Larry' Deering
  • Muriel Evans

    as Edith Arlen
  • Richard Tucker

    as Sen. James Tallant
  • John Merton

    as Tony Scarlotti
  • Eleanor Stewart

    as Helen
  • Edward Earle

    as Atwood
  • Harry Harvey

    as City Editor
  • John Ward

    as Campaign Manager
  • Edward Kaye

    as Bill (uncredited)
Writing Peter B. Kyne Story
Directing Leslie Goodwins Director
Writing Harry O. Hoyt Adaptation
Writing Sherman L. Lowe Screenplay
Production Maurice Conn Producer
Editing Martin G. Cohn Editor
Camera Gilbert Warrenton Director of Photography

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