The Main Event (1938)
Choreographer Danny Dare was the directorial guiding hand behind the Columbia B The Main Event. Robert Paige stars as a dilettante detective investigating the kidnapping of boxer Gene Morgan. The abduction was carried off all too easily, and its proximity to the obligatory Big Fight is all too convenient. With the help of his gal friday Jacqueline Wells, Paige gets to the truth of the matter in record time (55 minutes, to be exact). The Main Event, like most Columbia programmers, started out as merely a title, with the details to be filled in during production. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Paige, Arthur Loft, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Dare
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Synopsis of The Main Event
Choreographer Danny Dare was the directorial guiding hand behind the Columbia B The Main Event. Robert Paige stars as a dilettante detective investigating the kidnapping of boxer Gene Morgan. The abduction was carried off all too easily, and its proximity to the obligatory Big Fight is all too convenient. With the help of his gal friday Jacqueline Wells, Paige gets to the truth of the matter in record time (55 minutes, to be exact). The Main Event, like most Columbia programmers, started out as merely a title, with the details to be filled in during production. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Main Event
- Robert Paige - Mac Richards
- John Gallaudet - Joe Carter
- Gene Morgan - Lefty
- Oscar O'Shea - Capt. Rorty
- John Tyrrell - Steve
- Lester Dorr - Buck
- Arthur Loft - Jack Benson
- Thurston Hall - Capt. Phillips
- Dick Curtis - Sawyer
- Pat Flaherty - Moran
- Nick Copeland - Jake
- Jacqueline Wells - Helen Phillips
- Director(s):
- Daniel Dare
- Writer(s):
- Lee Loeb
- Producer(s):
- Ralph Cohn, Robert Cohn
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