Making the Headlines

Mar 31, 1938

1h 6m

★ 0.0

It's suspense packed! Exciting!

Overview

Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt. Lewis Nagel to the sleepy suburban town of Fairview, where he is followed by reporter Steve Withers because he knows Nagel will find a story.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Larry Darmour Productions

Making the Headlines Trailers

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Cast

Police Lt. Lewis Nagel

Jack Holt

Jeane Sandford

Beverly Roberts

Reporter Steve Withers

Craig Reynolds

Muffin Wilder

Marjorie Gateson

Claire Sandford

Dorothy Appleby

Edmund Sandford

Gilbert Emery

Police Sergeant Handley

Tom Kennedy

Ronald Sandford

Corbet Morris

Grace Sandford

Sheila Bromley

Herbert Sandford

John Wray

Edgar Kerr

Maurice Cass

Stuart Hackett

Tully Marshall

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