Movie: Risky Business

Top 10 Billed Cast

George Murphy
George Murphy

Dan Clifford

Dorothea Kent
Dorothea Kent

Mary Dexter

Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli

Philip Decarno

Leon Ames
Leon Ames

Hinge Jackson

El Brendel
El Brendel

Axel

Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker

District Attorney

Frances Robinson
Frances Robinson

Norma Jameson

John Wray
John Wray

Silas

Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft

Police Captain Wallace

Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin

Abernathy

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    Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.

  • Release Date

    1939-03-03

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    English
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