Star Reporter

Feb 22, 1939

1h 2m

★ 3.4

He Asked For A MURDER and HE GOT ONE!

Overview

An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Crescent Pictures Corporation

Star Reporter Trailers

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Cast

John Randolph

Warren Hull

Barbara Burnette

Marsha Hunt

William Burnette

Wallis Clark

Whittaker

Clay Clement

Joe Draper

Morgan Wallace

Julia Randolph

Virginia Howell

Clipper

Paul Fix

Gordon

Joseph Crehan

Sam Grey

Eddie Kane

Lane

William Ruhl

Wilkins

Lester Dorr

Mason

Denis Tankard

Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.

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