The Perfect Clue

The Perfect Clue

“Solved by a trick of Fate. Yet these two lovers were standing at the very door of death!”

1935 · 64 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Crime

Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.

Directed by Robert G. Vignola · Written by Lolita Ann Westman

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