''The Missing Juror'' is a 1944 American
film noir mystery film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...
directed by
Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring
Jim Bannon
James Shorttel Bannon (April 9, 1911 – July 28, 1984) was an American actor and radio announcer known for his work on the ''I Love a Mystery'' and ''Red Ryder'' series during the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Born in 1911 in Kansas City, Misso ...
,
Janis Carter
Janis Carter (born Janis Elinore Dremann, October 10, 1913 – July 30, 1994) was an American stage and film actress who performed throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s. During the mid-1950s, she began working regularly on television, co-ho ...
,
George Macready
George Peabody Macready Jr. (August 29, 1899 – July 2, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.
Early life
Macready was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 29, 1899. He graduated ...
and Jean Stevens.
[Missing Juror, The
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 12, Iss. 133, (Jan 1, 1945): 36.][Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview
Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.]
Plot
A reporter tries to stop whoever is murdering the jurors on a notorious murder case.
Cast
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Jim Bannon
James Shorttel Bannon (April 9, 1911 – July 28, 1984) was an American actor and radio announcer known for his work on the ''I Love a Mystery'' and ''Red Ryder'' series during the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Born in 1911 in Kansas City, Misso ...
as Joe Keats
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Janis Carter
Janis Carter (born Janis Elinore Dremann, October 10, 1913 – July 30, 1994) was an American stage and film actress who performed throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s. During the mid-1950s, she began working regularly on television, co-ho ...
as Alice Hill
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George Macready
George Peabody Macready Jr. (August 29, 1899 – July 2, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.
Early life
Macready was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 29, 1899. He graduated ...
as Harry Wharton/ Jerome K. Bentley
* Jean Stevens as Tex Tuttle
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Joseph Crehan
Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in ''Union Paci ...
as Willard Apple aka Falstaff
See also
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List of American films of 1944
Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were '' Double Indemnity'', ''Gaslight'', ''Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''.
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References
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1944 films
American mystery films
Columbia Pictures films
1944 mystery films
Films directed by Budd Boetticher
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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