''The Speed Reporter'' is a 1936 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Bernard B. Ray Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involved with compan ...

and starring

Richard Talmadge Richard Talmadge (born Sylvester Alphonse Metz; 3 December 1892 – 25 January 1981) also known as Sylvester Metzetti, Ricardo Metzetti, or Sylvester Ricardo Metzetti, was a German-born actor, stuntman and film director. Early life Born in ...

Luana Walters Luana Walters (July 22, 1912 – May 19, 1963) was an American motion picture actress from Los Angeles, California. Biography Walters was an expert horsewoman, which led to her discovery as an actress at a rodeo in Palm Springs, California. ...

and Richard Cramer. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company

Reliable Pictures Reliable Pictures was an American film production and film distribution, distribution company which operated from 1933 until 1937. Established by Harry S. Webb and Bernard B. Ray, it was a low-budget Poverty Row outfit that primarily specialized in ...

.Pitts p.307

Plot

In a crime-ridden city, a gangster moves to increase his control over the various illegal rackets, with the support of a corrupt

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...

of a newspaper. A cub

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on a rival takes on the challenge to smash the mob.

Cast

as Dick Lawrence *

as May * Richard Cramer as Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin * Frank Hall Crane as Roger Renfrew * Robert Walker as Stanley - City Editor * John Ince as Publisher Madison * Earl Dwire as Publisher John Parker * George Chesebro as Blackie Smith * Ed Cassidy as Edwards, a Henchman * James Sheridan as Henchman Gat *

Victor Adamson Albert Victor Adamson (January 4, 1890 – November 9, 1972) was a New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter, and actor most famous for directing and starring in B and Z grade westerns in the early days of motion pictures. Adamson often ...

as Henchman Butch * Eddie Davis as Jim - Press Reporter * William McCall as Hotel Doorman *

Otto Metzetti Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Henchman Chip *

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as Henchman Louie *

Dorothy Vernon Dorothy Vernon (1544 – 24 June 1584), the younger daughter of Sir George Vernon and Margaret ''nee'' Talbois (or Tailboys), was the heiress of Haddon Hall, an English country house in Derbyshire with its origins in the 12th century. She marr ...

as Miss Edwards

References

Bibliography

* Langman, Larry. ''The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996''. McFarland & Company, 1998. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 crime films American crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by Bernard B. Ray Reliable Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub