While New York Sleeps (1938)
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Top billed cast
Michael WhalenBarney Callahan
Jean RogersJudy King
Chick ChandlerSnapper Doolan
Robert KellardMalcolm Hunt
Joan WoodburyNora Parker
Harold HuberJoe Marco
Marc LawrenceHappy Nelson
Sidney BlackmerRalph Simmons
William DemarestRed Miller
June GaleKitty
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