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Below the Deadline

Below the Deadline

★ 4.9/10•1936•1h 4m•Crime•Drama•Mystery

A DYNAMIC DRAMA OF THE DARK, LURKING SHADOWS JUST BEYOND THE BRILLANCE OF THE BROADWAY LIGHTS.

After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.

Charles Lamont · Director

Ewart Adamson · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 4m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 7, 1936

Actors

Cecilia Parker

Cecilia Parker

Molly Fitzgerald

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

Terry Mulvaney

Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz

Flash Ackroyd

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Pearson

Warner Richmond

Warner Richmond

Diamond Dutch

John St. Polis

John St. Polis

Mr. Abrams

Kathryn Sheldon

Kathryn Sheldon

Aunt Mary Tibbett

Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Police Captain Symonds

Jack Gardner

Henchman Spike

Al Thompson

Al Thompson

Sparring Partner Al

Charles Delaney

Charles Delaney

Artie Nolan

Sidney Payne

Plastic Surgeon

True Boardman

True Boardman

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Phyllis Crane

Phyllis Crane

Miss Jennings (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Oscar (uncredited)

Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

Detective Palmer (uncredited)

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