Heartaches (1947)
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?
Top billed cast
Sheila RyanToni Wentworth
Edward NorrisJimmy McDonald, Evening Telegram Reporter
Chill Wills'Breezie' Mann
Kenneth FarrellVic Morton (as Ken Farrell)
James SeayLt. Dan Armstrong, Homicide
Frank OrthMike Connelly, Vic's Agent
Chili WilliamsSally, Morton's Secretary
Lash LaRueDeLong aka Trigger Malone (as Al LaRue)- Charles MitchellPete Schilling - Magestic Studio Chief
- Phyllis PlanchardLila Fairchild
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