"Mystifying! Baffling! Thrilling! A Strange Story of Sudden Death!"

1944

1h 6m

6.0(8 votes)

Mystery

Overview

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

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40 members

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Jim Bannon

Joe Keats

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Janis Carter

Alice Hill

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George Macready

Harry Wharton / Jerome K. Bentley

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Jean Stevens

Tex Tuttle

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Joseph Crehan

Willard Apple / Falstaff

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Cliff Clark

Inspector Davis (Uncredited)

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Mike Mazurki

Cullie, Steam Room Attendant (Uncredited)

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Ray Teal

Chief of Detectives at Line-Up (Uncredited)

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George Anderson

Wharton Attorney (Uncredited)

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Walter Baldwin

Town Sheriff (Uncredited)

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Trevor Bardette

Tom Pierson (Uncredited)

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Al Bridge

Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)

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Nancy Brinckman

Nurse (Uncredited)

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Edmund Cobb

Police Detective Cahan (Uncredited)

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Danny Desmond

Newsboy (Uncredited)

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Sam Flint

Judge (Uncredited)

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Jack Gardner

Reporter at Trial (Uncredited)

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Jesse Graves

Train Porter (Uncredited)

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William Hall

Officer Garrett (Uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Bailiff (Uncredited)

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Dell Henderson

Train Conductor (Uncredited)

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Ernest Hilliard

Doctor (Uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Juror (Uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Joe, Train Engineer (Uncredited)

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Pat Lane

Court Clerk (Uncredited)

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Carl M. Leviness

Police Detective (Uncredited)

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George Lloyd

George Szabo (Uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

District Attorney (Uncredited)

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William Newell

Wally, Counterman (Uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Train Conductor (Uncredited)

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Pat O'Malley

Priest (Uncredited)

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Shelby Payne

Marie 'Sugar' Chappel (Uncredited)

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Jack Perry

Albert Leonard / Lichter (Uncredited)

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Edwin Stanley

Prison Warden (Uncredited)

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Harry Strang

Police Sergeant Murphy (Uncredited)

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Victor Travis

Clem Poskins (Uncredited)

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John Tyrrell

Sergeant Regan (Uncredited)

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Cecil Weston

Ellen Jackson (Uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Mac Ellis (Uncredited)

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Carole Mathews

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