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The Mystery Man

The Mystery Man

★ 5.6/10•1935•1h 5m•NR•Crime•Mystery•Romance

Stark Drama! A Shadow Creeping Through the Night!

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.

Ray McCarey · Director

John W. Krafft · Screenplay

Rollo Lloyd · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 5m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 12, 1935

Actors

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Larry Doyle

Maxine Doyle

Maxine Doyle

Anne Ogilvie

Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

LeRoy Mason

The Eel, Gangster

James Burke

James Burke

Managing Editor Marvin

Guy Usher

Guy Usher

District Attorney Johnson

James P. Burtis

James P. Burtis

Whalen

Monte Collins

Monte Collins

Dunn, Reporter

Sam Lufkin

Sam Lufkin

Weeks

Otto Fries

Otto Fries

Nate, Pawnbroker

Norman Houston

T. Fulton Whistler

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

Mr. Clark, Hotel Manager

Lee Shumway

Lee Shumway

Plainclothes Man

Sam Flint

Sam Flint

Jerome Roberts, Publisher

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Bar Waiter (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

Baggage Handler (uncredited)

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