The Donovan Affair (1929)
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This comedy-mystery is famed director Frank Capra's first all-talking film. It tells the story of a bungling police inspector who tries to re-enact a murder scene with disastrous results. The first killing occurred within a darkened dining room. Unfortunately, when the inspector resets the scene, someone else is murdered. The poor inspector is terribly embarrassed, but this does not stop him from trying one more time. The original guests assist him and the murderer is finally captured. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jack Holt - Inspector Killian
- William Collier, Jr. - Cornish
- Agnes Ayres - Lydia Rankin
- Virginia Brown Faire - Mary Mills
- Edward Hearn - Nelson
- John Wallace - Dobbs
- John Roche - Jack Donovan
- Dorothy Revier - Jean Rankin
- Fred Kelsey - Carney
- Wheeler Oakman - Porter
- Alphonse Ethier - Capt. Peter Rankin
- Ethel Wales - Mrs. Lindsey
- Hank Mann - Dr. Lindsey
- Director(s):
- Frank Capra
- Writer(s):
- Dorothy Howell, Howard J. Green
- Producer(s):
- Harry Cohn
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