"Murder inside a studio!"
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
Social & External
The people behind it
George Brent
Joe Medford
Joan Blondell
Rosemary Durant
Adele Jergens
Mona Harrison
Jim Bannon
Det. Lt. Mark Wilson
Leslie Brooks
Peggy Holmes
Marvin Miller
Rudy Frasso
Una O'Connor
Nora
Grant Mitchell
Mitchell Edwards
Mary Field
Felice
Fred F. Sears
Det. Dave Short (as Fred Sears)
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