Wanted by the Police (1938)
A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a stolen-car racket.
Top billed cast
Frankie DarroDanny Murphy
Evalyn KnappKathleen Murphy
Robert KentPoliceman Mike O'Leary
Matty FainWilliams
Lillian ElliottMrs. Murphy
Don RowanOwens
Mauritz HugoMarty
Walter MerrillTrigger
Ralph PetersJess
Thelma WhiteLillian
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