The Murder Man (1935)
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Synopsis of The Murder Man
Spencer Tracy plays a hard-driving newsman with a special instinct for solving sensational murders before the police can. This earns him the grudging respect of his peers, but his editor always puts him in his place. Tracy spends most of his time solving cases and almost never sleeps at home. This worries his lovely colleague Virginia Bruce who secretly loves him and wants him to settle down. Trouble comes after Tracy's estranged wife commits suicide and con-artists destroy the life of Tracy's dad. Vengefully, Tracy begins plotting the perfect murder of these larcenous crooks. This was Tracy's first film for MGM. He would remain with the studio for the next twenty years. Murder Man also marks the debut of Jimmy Stewart who appears as a cub reporter jokingly named "Shorty." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Murder Man
- Spencer Tracy - Steve Gray
- Lionel Atwill - Capt. Cole
- Robert H. Barrat - Robins
- William Collier, Sr. - Pop Gray
- William Demarest - Red Maquire
- Lucien Littlefield - Rafferty
- Robert Warwick - Coleville
- Jeanie Roberts - Mabel
- George Guhl - Miller, Cop at Apartment
- Robert W. Frazer - Doctor
- Charles Delaney - Cop
- Jack Cheatham
- Francis X. Bushman - Pendleton
- Irving Bacon - Merry-Go-Round Man
- Bob Murphy
- Louise Henry - Lillian Hopper
- Frank O'Connor - Reporter
- Harry Tyler - Doc Warren
- Larry Steers - Investor
- Virginia Bruce - Mary Shannon
- Harvey Stephens - Henry Mander
- James Stewart - Shorty
- Bobby Watson - Carey Booth
- John Sheehan - Maxie Sweeney, the Detective
- Fuzzy Knight - Buck Hawkins, the Reporter
- Cyril Ring - Court Officer
- Charles Trowbridge
- Stanley Andrews - Police Commissioner
- John Dilson - Meltzer, the City Editor
- Charles "Heinie" Conklin - Warden's Secretary
- George Chandler - Sol Hertzberger
- William Norton Bailey - Welch, the Police Photographer
- James Pierce - Sing Sing Guard
- Frank Mayo - Bit
- Reginald Pasch - Third Mate
- Theodore Von Eltz - James Spencer Halford
- Ben Taggart - Dave, the Sing Sing Guard
- Matty Roubert - Newsboy
- Director(s):
- Tim Whelan, Sr.
- Writer(s):
- John C. Higgins, Tim Whelan, Sr.
- Producer(s):
- Harry Rapf
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