"WISECRACKS! GUNMEN! ACTION!" 06 September 1929 Comedy, Crime, Mystery 75 mins
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
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Robert Armstrong as Steve Banks
Carole Lombard as Margaret Banks
Louis Payne as Hensel
Wade Boteler as O'Neill
Charles Sellon as J.W. Addison
Sam Hardy as Joe Reno
Tom Kennedy as Officer Ryan
Warner Richmond as Phelps
Helen Ainsworth as Vera
Herbert Clark as Pells
Gertrude Sutton as Helen
George 'Gabby' Hayes as Hoffman
Vernon Steele as Reporter
Clarence Wilson as Coroner
Fred Behrle as Elevator Man
Colin Chase as Birn
Gregory La Cava Director
Ralph Block Producer
Norbert Brodine Director of Photography
John J. Mescall Director of Photography
Doane Harrison Editor
Edward C. Jewell Art Direction
Marty Santell Assistant Director
George S. Brooks Theatre Play
Walter DeLeon Writer
Jack Jungmeyer Writer
United States 06 September 1929
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Stars: Robert Armstrong Carole Lombard Louis Payne Director: Gregory La Cava Steve Banks is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret a ...
A hard-drinking newspaper reporter is framed for murder by the gangster he is trying to expose.
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