Ernest Truex, Una Merkel, John Miljan, Johnny Hines, Edward Arnold, C.Henry Gordon, Johnny Hines, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendleton, Tenen Holtz, Marcelle Corday. Based on the play by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter; presented on the stage by Alexander McKaig. Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. "This disc expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container.
Summary:
When car trouble stalls his elopement, mystery writer Wally Porter ('Crime is my racket,' he declares) doesn't know he's sharing drinks with gangsters who want to rub out a defiant brewer who won't pay for 'protection.' After he boasts he's 'probably the world's greatest living authority on murder,' timid Wally and his flirty fiance become hesitant hostages in homicide planning. "A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to get writer's help in devising the "perfect crime"--IMDb.
Series:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group archive collection
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