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THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION!

4.0

1h 15m

1939

“THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION!”

Synopsis

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

Director

Alfred L. Werker

ActionComedy

Cast & Crew

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

as Steve Drum

Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari

as Maxine Thomas

Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

as Albert Hockman

George Barbier

George Barbier

as Clanahan

Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins

as Billiard

Minor Watson

Minor Watson

as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

Charles Halton

Charles Halton

as Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

as Inspector Melrose

Richard Lane

Richard Lane

as Barney Basely

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