Directed by:
Tay GarnettCinematography:
Merritt B. GerstadComposer:
Werner JanssenCast:
Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Terry, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Phyllis Brooks, Eve Arden, Douglass Dumbrille, Douglas Fowley (more)VOD (1)
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Law partners John Webb (Pat O'Brien) and Russell Sampson (Broderick Crawford) are commissioned to get a law passed that will change the way highway contracts are issued by requiring that all paving bids be sealed. Concerns have been raised that inferior quality materials are being used by crooked contractors who are getting jobs through secret political deals. To top off these shady activities, a corrupt highway contractor was found murdered on one of his substandard highways, and it looks like if attorney John Webb sticks his nose where it's unwanted, he'll be next. One day, while he's in his office, a knife comes barreling at Webb - narrowly missing him and striking the wall. A note is attached warning him off the case. Soon after, a politician's girlfriend (Claire Dodd) is found stabbed to death with a knife similar to the one thrown at Webb, and later, the lawyer's secretary is found murdered in the same way. Will Webb continue with the case, or will he lie low for awhile - especially considering he's one of the murder suspects? (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Pat O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Broderick Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Ruth Terry
USA
Best movies:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Alan Dinehart
USA
Best movies:
Born to Dance (1936)
Claire Dodd
USA
Best movies:
The Black Cat (1941)
Roberta (1935)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Phyllis Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Follow the Fleet (1936)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Eve Arden
USA
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Grease (1978)
Douglass Dumbrille
Canada
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Douglas Fowley
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Ernest Truex
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Evelyn Keyes
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Janet Beecher
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cliff Clark
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Willie Best
USA
Best movies:
Feet First (1930)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Robert Middlemass
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Paul McVey
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Bud Jamison
USA
Best movies:
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Come and Get It (1936)
Tay Garnett
USA
Best movies:
Seven Sinners (1940)