Extortion

May 9, 1938

1h 1m

★ 5.0

A Mad Maze of Midnight Murder!

Overview

In this B potboiler, a college professor finds himself suspected of a murder on his school's campus.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Extortion Trailers

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Cast

Larry Campbell (as Scott Colton)

Scott Kolk

Betty Tisdelle

Mary Russell

Prof. Tisdelle

Thurston Hall

Inspector Nat Corrigan

Arthur Loft

Flashlight

Gene Morgan

Craig Banning

Frank C. Wilson

Margie Blake

Ann Doran

Coach Pearson

J. Farrell MacDonald

Soupy Pettie

George Offerman, Jr.

Roy Jennings

Nick Lukats

Kong Lee

Roland Got

Jeffrey Thompson (as Albert Van Dekker)

Albert Dekker

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.

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6.7

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5.4

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6.0

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6.0

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4.4

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7.1

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6.0

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6.7

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6.0

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