Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

NR 1928 · 65 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Crime

After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl's favor, the two go to the gangsters' hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.

Directed by Frank R. Strayer · Written by Grover Jones

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Wallace Beery Mike Doolan, The Detective
Raymond Hatton "Scoop" McGee, The Reporter / "Knife" Reagan, Terror of the Underworld
Mary Brian Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
William Powell Smith
Jack Luden Richard Deming, Assistant DistrictAttorney
Arthur Housman Barton
Albert Roccardi Kanelli, The Restaurant Owner
Joseph W. Girard Chief of Police
George Irving B.R. Carnwall
Bruce Gordon Dodo
Jack Richardson Jake

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