Murder on the Roof
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Molly
Drinkwater
Marcia
Ted Palmer
Joe Carozzo
Monica
Anthony Sommers
Victor
Ryan
Joe Larkin
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Overview
This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.
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1930-01-29
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