The Speed Reporter is a 1936 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters and Richard Cramer.Langman p.244 It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Reliable Pictures.Pitts p.307
Plot In a crime-ridden city, a gangster moves to increase his control over the various illegal rackets, with the support of a corrupt editor of a newspaper. A cub reporter on a rival takes on the challenge to smash the mob.
Cast Richard Talmadge as Dick Lawrence Luana Walters as May Richard Cramer as Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin Frank Hall Crane as Roger Renfrew Robert Walker as Stanley - City Editor John Ince as Publisher Madison Earl Dwire as Publisher John Parker George Chesebro as Blackie Smith Ed Cassidy as Edwards, a Henchman James Sheridan as Henchman Gat Victor Adamson as Henchman Butch Eddie Davis as Jim - Press Reporter William McCall as Hotel Doorman Otto Metzetti as Henchman Chip Victor Metzetti as Henchman Louie Dorothy Vernon as Miss Edwards
References
Bibliography Langman, Larry. The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland & Company, 1998. Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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