Exclusive Story
1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
a story about some gangsters now moving in on different rackets and in this case the numbers racket. Robert Barrat plays a Lucky Luciano type kingpin and Joseph Calleia his murderous chief enforcer. When they move in on grocer J. Farrell MacDonald thinking he's not selling enough chances his daughter goes to a crusading newspaper which has been trying to get evidence on Barrat and his gang. Later on J. Carrol Naish who is a Dutch Schultz type winds up murdered on MacDonald's doorstep. To cut to the chase reporter Stu Erwin gets his story, but also the counsel for the newspaper, Franchot Tone, gets appointed a Tom Dewey like special prosecutor. And together they start to move on Barrat and the rest. And to top it all off Tone and MacDonald's daughter Virginia Bruce get a nice little romance going.
Direction George B. Seitz
Cast Franchot Tone · Madge Evans · Stuart Erwin · Joseph Calleia · Robert Barrat · J. Farrell MacDonald · Louise Henry · Margaret Irving · Wade Boteler · Charles Trowbridge · William Henry · Raymond Hatton · J. Carrol Naish
Soundtrack Edward Ward
Screenplay Michael Fessier · Martin Mooney
Cinematography Lester White
Original title Exclusive Story
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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