Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

Dec 18, 1941

1h 7m

★ 6.0

Overview

Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless assistant DA P. Cadwallader Jones. The publisher of a tony fashion magazine is murdered, requiring Jones to sift through a colorful array of suspects. He is helped along by snoopy girl reporter Terry Parker.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

P. Cadwallader Jones

James Ellison

Terry Parker

Virginia Gilmore

Charley Towne

Franklin Pangborn

Dist. Atty. Winton

Paul Harvey

Joyce Belmont

Lynne Carver

Judge White

Spencer Charters

Vincent Mackay

Douglas Fowley

Andrew Belmont

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