Crime Ring

Crime Ring (1938)

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.

Date of release
1938-07-08
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Leslie Goodwins

Casting

Interesting facts

Crime Ring is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater, based on a story by Reginald Taviner. The film stars Allan Lane and Frances Mercer, and was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, released on July 8, 1938.

Production

The working title for the movie was Cheating the Stars. Les Goodwins had been directing comedy shorts prior to this picture, which marked his directorial debut on a feature film. The film was shot partially at RKO's Encino property in the San Fernando Valley.

In June 1938 it was announced that Jack MacKenzie would handle the photography on the picture. At the beginning of June, the release date was announced as July 8. The picture finished filming by mid-May, one day ahead of schedule, and was being edited by the end of the month. As of June 24, the film was still being edited. When the film was released on July 8, it was the 38th picture released by RKO in 1938.

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