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| Director: | Bernard B. Ray | 
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| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Leslie T. White | 
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| Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clear a girl falsely convicted of murdering a judge. Two people who know the truth are killed and 'Duke' Is shot at. Despite some interference by Police-Sergeant Brent, and a dangerous automobile chase and 'Duke' and Phyllis finding themselves prisoners of the real murderers, the case is solved. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 12, 1941 | 
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| Director: | Bernard B. Ray | 
| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Leslie T. White | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 
| Keywords | prisoner, private detective | 
| Production Companies | PRC | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Neil Hamilton | Duke Martindel | 
| June Storey | Phyllis Martindel | 
| Douglas Fowley | Police Sgt. Brent | 
| Evelyn Brent | Hester Engle | 
| Greta Granstedt | Leila Bostwick | 
| Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | Joe Link | 
| Jack Mulhall | Jones - the Hotel Clerk | 
| John Holland | Guy Kisling | 
| Emmett Vogan | Dr. Grayson | 
| Terry Walker | Annie Lowell | 
| Kenneth Harlan | Detective Dunlap | 
| Carl Stockdale | Judge Leander Harding | 
| John Ince | Police Capt. Newton | 
| Jimmy Aubrey | Tiverton Apartment Manager | 
| Sheila Darcy | Helen White - Reporter | 
| Dick Wessel | Officer Donahue | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Bernard B. Ray | Director | 
| Jack Natteford | Screenplay | 
| Leslie T. White | Story | 
| Jack Greenhalgh | Director of Photography | 
| Carl Himm | Editor | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Bernard B. Ray | Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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Bernard B. Ray cannot be accused of dragging his feet with this quickly paced little B-feature. "Duke" (Neil Hamilton) is a private eye who is working with his lawyer wife "Phyllis" (June Storey) to try and get to the bottom of the murder of a prominent judge. They are sure the girl in the dock is i ... nnocent, and when more bodies start to pile up and it soon becomes clear that the couple, too, are targets, they have to get their skates on and discover who's up to no good. The story here is quite decent and the actors - though really pretty middle-drawer - do enough with the sometimes quite lively script, lethargic production and aided by a fun car chase at the denouement to keep the thing moving along adequately for an hour. It's low-budget, production-line cinema that did a job at the time and though unremarkable, is still perfectly watchable.