On the Spot
6.0
“XTRA! XTRA!... Frankie's In Another Jam... but this time it's really a JAM!”
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
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Cast
16 people
Frankie Darro
Frankie 'Doc' Kelly
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Tris Coffin
Robert Ames
Mary Kornman
Ruth Hunter
Also in
The Desert Trail
Fish Hooky
Mantan Moreland
Jefferson White
Known for
King of the Zombies
Spider Baby
John St. Polis
Doc Hunter
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Robert Warwick
Cyrus Haddon
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
In a Lonely Place
Maxine Leslie
Gerry Dailey
Also in
Fugitive of the Plains
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Lillian Elliott
Mrs. Kelly
Also in
Call of the Cuckoo
Should Second Husbands Come First?
LeRoy Mason
Smilin' Bill
Also in
Texas Terror
Rainbow Valley
Gene O'Donnell
Slats Eckert
Known for
The Devil Bat
Russell Hopton
Dave Nolan
Known for
The Miracle Woman
'G' Men
Jeffrey Sayre
Hype Innes
Also in
Target Earth
A Patch of Blue
Howard Bretherton Director · George Waggner Screenplay Dorothy Davenport Screenplay
United States release June 11, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 11, 1940
Theatrical
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