UP FOR MURDER.
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✎ Suggest a correctionBob Marshall gets a promotion at a newspaper thanks to his reporter pal Collins, who owed him a favor. Marshall is assigned to be society columnist Myra Deane's escort to a ball. He is shocked to discover Myra is romantically involved with William Winter, a married man who is also their boss. Bob slugs Winter's skull hits a table and he dies, but Myra lies, insisting Winter is merely unconscious, hoping to avoid a scandal. Bob turns himself in to the law and is convicted of murder.
Credits
- Directed by
- Monta Bell
- Written by
- Monta Bell
- Cast
- Frank McHugh, Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Polly Ann Young, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Purnell Pratt, Dorothy Peterson, Julia Swayne Gordon
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Music
- Jack Foley
- Edited by
- Ted J. Kent
Complete catalog record
UP FOR MURDER. 1931. 7 reels. Credits: Written and directed by Monta Bell. Universal Pictures Corp.; 27May31; LP2256.
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, color, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q20006404 ↗
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