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Man From Headquarters(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-01-23
63%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 4m
"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!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Monogram Pictures
Movie: Man From Headquarters
Top 10 Billed Cast
Frank Albertson
Larry Doyle
Joan Woodbury
Ann Weston
Dick Elliott
Editor Elwin A. Jonas
Byron Foulger
Hotel Manager Clark
John Maxwell
Managing Editor Marvin
Robert Kellard
Hotel Clerk
Gwen Kenyon
Hat Check Girl
Jack Mulhall
Whalen, Reporter
Max Hoffman Jr.
Gang Leader Louis Padroni
Paul Bryar
Knuckles
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1942-01-23
Average
6.333
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
"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!
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