Directed by:
Fletcher MarkleScreenplay:
Fletcher MarkleCinematography:
Don MalkamesComposer:
Robert W. StringerCast:
Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick, Marc Lawrence, Doe Avedon, Luella Gear, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, John Garfield, Burgess Meredith (more)Plots(1)
The story unfolds with an investigation into the death of a print shop owner. Though the district attorney is convinced it was a suicide, the assistant D.A., Howard Malloy (Franchot Tone), suspects murder. Furthermore, he believes the man's death is connected to the Crusaders, a shadowy political organization whose members are mysteriously dropping like flies. His suspicions are confirmed when a reporter who'd written a series of damaging articles about the group is found murdered. Meanwhile, realizing how close Malloy is getting to the truth, the Crusaders send beautiful Barbara Whitfield (Jean Wallace) to compromise the meddling attorney. Barbara soon has a change of heart but is killed before she can confess. After this third murder, Malloy is even more determined to break the case and expose the Crusaders. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Franchot Tone
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Three Comrades (1938)
Jean Wallace
USA
Best movies:
The Big Combo (1955)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Myron McCormick
USA
Best movies:
The Hustler (1961)
Not as a Stranger (1955)
Marc Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
Doe Avedon
USA
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Love Streams (1984)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Luella Gear
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Carefree (1938)
Phffft! (1954)
Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
John Garfield
USA
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Juarez (1939)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Burgess Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Marsha Hunt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Robert Gist
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Fletcher Markle
Canada
Everett Sloane
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Lust for Life (1956)
Alexander Lockwood
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
North by Northwest (1959)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Alexander Campbell
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
From the Terrace (1960)
Them! (1954)