The Mystery Man
“Stark Drama! A Shadow Creeping Through the Night!”
1935•NR•1h 5m•5.6•Released
CrimeMysteryRomanceComedy
Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.
Director
Ray McCarey
Writer
Rollo Lloyd, John W. Krafft
Languages
English
Studio
Paul Malvern Productions
Cast
Robert Armstrong
Larry Doyle
Maxine Doyle
Anne Ogilvie
Henry Kolker
Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
LeRoy Mason
The Eel, Gangster
James Burke
Managing Editor Marvin
Guy Usher
District Attorney Johnson
James P. Burtis
Whalen
Monte Collins
Dunn, Reporter
Sam Lufkin
Weeks
Otto Fries
Nate, Pawnbroker
Norman Houston
T. Fulton Whistler
Dell Henderson
Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager
Lee Shumway
Plainclothes Man
Sam Flint
Jerome Roberts, Publisher
Stanley Blystone
Bar Waiter (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paul Malvern Productions
Company
Monogram Pictures
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