Power of the Press

Top 10 Billed Cast

Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee

Ulysses Bradford

Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy

Griff Thompson

Gloria Dickson
Gloria Dickson

Edwina Stephens

Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger

Howard Raskin

Victor Jory
Victor Jory

Oscar Trent

Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe

Pringle (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb

Process Server (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton

Reporter (uncredited)

Douglas Leavitt
Douglas Leavitt

Whiffle (uncredited)

Ivan Miller
Ivan Miller

Man on Dais (uncredited)

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