The Famous Ferguson Case
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A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
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Cast
30 people
Joan Blondell
Maizie Dickson
Known for
Grease
The Public Enemy
Grant Mitchell
Martin Collins
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Vivienne Osborne
Mrs. Marcia Ferguson
Known for
Dragonwyck
Adrienne Dore
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Also in
The Wild Party
The Rich Are Always with Us
Tom Brown
Bruce Foster
Also in
Judge Priest
Mr. Lucky
Kenneth Thomson
Bob Parks
Also in
Movie Crazy
White Gold
Leslie Fenton
Perrin
Known for
The Public Enemy
Boys Town
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Brooks
Also in
The Texan
Hell's Highway
Walter Miller
Cedric Works
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Purnell Pratt
George M. Ferguson
Known for
Scarface
Grand Hotel
Willard Robertson
Sheriff
Known for
Remember the Night
The Ox-Bow Incident
George Meeker
Jigger Bolton
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
Lloyd Bacon Director · Courtney Terrett Story Howard Bretherton Editor
United States release May 14, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 19, 1932
Limited theatrical · London
United States · May 14, 1932
Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 24, 1932 · Theatrical
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