City of Missing Girls
City of Missing Girls is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Produced by | Max Alexander (producer) George M. Merrick (producer) |
| Written by | Elmer Clifton (story) Oliver Drake (screenplay) and George Rosener (screenplay) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Marvin Hatley |
| Cinematography | Edward Linden |
| Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being found dead. Intrepid female newspaper reporter Nora Page's investigations reveal a link between the girls and the Crescent School of Fine Arts owned by gangster King Peterson, who is using the school as a front for a recruiting center for his nightclub "entertainers". Things become more complex when Nora's father is connected with Peterson and her boyfriend James Horton is photographed in embarrassing circumstances with a woman found murdered after the photo was taken.
Cast
- H. B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh
- Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page
- John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton
- Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph
- Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson
- George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan
- Kathryn Crawford as Helen Whitney
- Patricia Knox as Kate Nelson
- Walter Long as Police Officer Larkin
- Gale Storm as Mary Phillips
- Boyd Irwin as Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
- Danny Webb as William 'Bill' Short, Photographer
- Herb Vigran as Danny Mason
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "An awkward murder mystery."[3]
References
External links
- City of Missing Girls on IMDb
- City of Missing Girls is available for free download at the Internet Archive