17 July 1936 Drama, Action, Crime 55 mins
A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.
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Lew Ayres as Bob Sanderson
Joan Perry as Edith Stuart
Thurston Hall as T. Gregory Stuart
Victor Kilian as Caretaker
Henry Mollison as Ralph Gurney
John Gallaudet as Hawsley
Gene Morgan as Presto Mullins
George McKay as Spud
Albert J. Smith as Cop
Wyrley Birch as Mr. Morrison
Wade Boteler as Captain of Detectives
Maurice Brierre as Waiter
Frank Bull as Police Broadcaster
Bobby Burns as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb as Cop (uncredited)
Helen Dickson as Wife in Cafe (uncredited)
Grace Neville Writer
Henry Freulich Director of Photography
David Selman Director
Irving Briskin Executive Producer
Harry L. Decker Producer
Gene Milford Editor
Ernest Dryden Costume Design
Harry Shipman Writer
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Nattens Sjakaler Trailer
United States 17 July 1936
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10 February 1936
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise.
09 March 1936
Oswald the Rabbit and his little brother catch the Slumberland Express and it carries the assorted animals to childhood's dream of paradise - an amusement park where all the games are free, and windows are provided just to be broken by an abundant supply of free rocks, and old men wear silk hats to provide targets for snowballs.
07 February 1936
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit enters a dogsled race with a $10,000 first prize.
17 April 1936
15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.
04 June 1936
Gnomes greet the coming of spring by manufacturing various bright colours.
15 February 1936
An old miner is ambushed by outlaws trying to steal the $10,000 he is carrying to start up a new mine.
15 June 1936
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
28 March 1936
Little Elmer Elephant has a crush on Tillie Tiger and his affection is reciprocated. Trouble is, the pint-sized pachyderm is beset by bullies who ridicule his trunk and make his life miserable.
26 November 1936
A crime novelist stages an imaginative prank to prove that the perfect murder is possible but finds it has catastrophic consequences.
06 March 1936
Raymond Bernard’s film of a script by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince) about a young woman who aspires to become a pilot.
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