A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Acting
Jack Haley's flop sweat is genuinely endearing
Production
That one spooky mansion set they clearly reused
Editing
65 minutes because they knew exactly what this was
Director
Frank McDonald
Jack Haley
Larry Elliot
Ann Savage
Sally Warren
Barton MacLane
George 'Deacon' Markham
Veda Ann Borg
Flo Rosson
Roger Pryor
Richardson
George E. Stone
Mink
Robert Emmett Keane
Prof. Wisner
Lucien Littlefield
Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
Emerson Cooke
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cooke
Walter Baldwin
Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Edward Earle
Joshua Elliott (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of five films Jack Haley made in 1945 while simultaneously playing the Tin Man in Oz flashbacks for reissues. The man was WORKING.
Ann Savage's 'Sally' is a fascinating pre-feminist mess — competent, frustrated, and weirdly into this disaster man. She'd play much darker in Detour that same year.
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