Held For Ransom (1938)
1938 · Feature film · 57 min · dir. Clarence Bricker
MEET MISS FEDERAL AGENT! She starts where all others fall!
- Crime
Synopsis
The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. The police chief suspects Larry Scott, the spendthrift nephew, but an opposing view is held by Morrison, federal operator in charge of the case. He assigns Betty Mason, his best woman operative, to the case.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Clarence Bricker
- Writer
- Barry Barringer
- Studio
- Grand National Pictures, International Film Corporation
- Released
- 1938-06-17
- Running time
- 57 minutes
Cast & crew
- Clarence Bricker Director
Blanche Mehaffey
Grant Withers- Bruce Warren
Jack Mulhall
Kenneth Harlan
Harry Harvey- Eddie Foster
Walter McGrail
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Who's On First? · Spuzz · 2006-02-10
Confusingly plotted and edited, ÂHeld For Ransom rather amusingly plows through piles and piles of backstory (mainly through screaming headlines) about a top execÂs kidnapping. Soon, the cops and G-men are all on the case. Problem is, you have to really pay attention to who is what, whoÂs the bad guy and whoÂs the good guy. As a matter of fact, when an informant is gotten rid of at the beginning of the movie, you donÂt know whether heÂs a good guy or bad guy, and whether the people rubbing him out are too. Soon, a female G.I. is dispatched on the case and she proceeds to help figure out the…
★★★ · It's alright · jimelena · 2006-09-21
This movie does keep moving and is pretty well acted. It's not bad for an oldie.
