A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire.A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire.A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire.
Allyn Drake
- Joyce Greeley
- (as Vivian Wilcox)
Charlie Hall
- Soapy Davis
- (as Charles Hall)
Jack Cheatham
- Druggist
- (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
- Ed Brandt
- (uncredited)
Frank Ellis
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film received its earliest documented telecast Monday 21 August 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post-WWII television viewers got their first look at it in New York City Tuesday 25 May 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Cincinnati Tuesday 7 June 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11), in Los Angeles Sunday 19 June 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5), and in Salt Lake City Thursday 15 December 1949 on KSL (Channel 5).
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Promising Little Monogram Mystery Doesn't Quite Deliver
Robert Lowery is foisted on nespaper editor Dick Elliott as a cub reporter. He gives him an impossible assignment as a get-the-story-or-you're-gone challenge, and soon he finds himself involved in a well-tangled mystery involving a missing woman, and her sister, Edith Fellowes.
Director Jean Yarbrough tries for a deepening suspense, starting with Lowery getting an interview by getting himself thrown in jail. There are a few too many coincidences, and Lowery can't seem to vary his tone at this stage of his career. Miss Fellowes is on the verge of making the move from juvenile actress to adult, but not quite. Both would have careers that included almost 125 features for Lowery before his death in 1971 at the age of 58, and for Miss Fellowes through 1995. She died in 2011, aged 88.
Director Jean Yarbrough tries for a deepening suspense, starting with Lowery getting an interview by getting himself thrown in jail. There are a few too many coincidences, and Lowery can't seem to vary his tone at this stage of his career. Miss Fellowes is on the verge of making the move from juvenile actress to adult, but not quite. Both would have careers that included almost 125 features for Lowery before his death in 1971 at the age of 58, and for Miss Fellowes through 1995. She died in 2011, aged 88.
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- May 21, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Criminal Investigator (1942) officially released in Canada in English?
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