Man From Headquarters (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 64 min · dir. Jean Yarbrough
"THEY DON'T DARE KILL A REPORTER!" It's easy for an editor to say that, but he knows if he puts the finger on an underworld czar, he is a dead man!
- Comedy
- Crime
Synopsis
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Jean Yarbrough
- Writer
- John W. Krafft
- Composer
- Edward J. Kay
- Cinematography
- Mack Stengler
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures
- Released
- 1942-01-23
- Running time
- 64 minutes
Cast & crew
Jean Yarbrough Director
Frank Albertson
Joan Woodbury
Dick Elliott
Byron Foulger
John Maxwell
Robert Kellard
Gwen Kenyon
Jack Mulhall
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Ditto · picfixer · 2013-03-13
Monogram must have been hurting for new screenplays, resulting in this sort-of-acceptable remake of the four-star "The Mystery Man." In other words, watch "The Mystery Man" first. It's available here at IA. Tape-transferred complete print with fair video and good audio
