The Murder Man
6.8
“He knows the truth BUT HE CAN'T TALK!”
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
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Cast
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Spencer Tracy
Steven 'Steve' Grey
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Virginia Bruce
Mary Shannon
Known for
The Invisible Woman
The Great Ziegfeld
Lionel Atwill
Captain Cole
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Harvey Stephens
Henry Mander
Known for
The Bat
Sergeant York
Robert Barrat
Robins
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
James Stewart
Shorty
Known for
Rear Window
Vertigo
William Collier Sr.
'Pop' Grey
Also in
Miracle on Main Street
Up the River
Bobby Watson
Carey Booth
Known for
The Paleface
William Demarest
'Red' Maguire
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
John Sheehan
Sweeney
Also in
House of Mystery
Trimmed in Furs
Lucien Littlefield
Rafferty
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
George Chandler
Sol Hertzberger
Known for
Every Which Way but Loose
Fury
Tim Whelan Director · John C. Higgins Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer
Worldwide gross $546K · Budget $167K · United States release July 12, 1935
Box office
Budget
$167,000
Worldwide gross
$546,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 12, 1935
Theatrical
United States · July 12, 1935
Theatrical
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