The Mystery Man

Feb 12, 1935

1h 5m

★ 5.4

Stark Drama! A Shadow Creeping Through the Night!

Overview

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Paul Malvern Productions

Monogram Pictures

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Cast

Larry Doyle

Robert Armstrong

Anne Ogilvie

Maxine Doyle

Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

Henry Kolker

The Eel, Gangster

LeRoy Mason

Managing Editor Marvin

James Burke

District Attorney Johnson

Guy Usher

Whalen

James P. Burtis

Dunn, Reporter

Monte Collins

Weeks

Sam Lufkin

Nate, Pawnbroker

Otto Fries

T. Fulton Whistler

Norman Houston

Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager

Dell Henderson

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