Special Investigator

Special Investigator (1936)

RICHARD DIX in the story of a crime

A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.

Date of release
1936-05-08
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 1m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Director
Louis King

Casting

Interesting facts

Special Investigator is a 1936 RKO Radio Pictures American crime-drama film, starring Richard Dix and featuring Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes and Owen Davis, Jr. It was directed by Louis King from a screenplay by Louis Stevens, Thomas Lennon and Ferdinand Reyher, based on "Fugitive Gold", a story by Erle Stanley Gardner originally serialized in the New York Herald Tribune's This Week magazine from May 26–July 7, 1935.

Production

Principal filming for Special Investigator (working title "Fugitive Gold") took place in February and March 1936. The studio had originally announced Preston Foster and Lucille Ball in the lead roles, but a change in the studio administration led to Dix being given the part.

Director Louis King – the younger brother of Henry King, who would direct Song of Bernadette (1939) and Twelve O'Clock High (1946) – generally specialized in Westerns.

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