On the Spot

On the Spot (1940)

XTRA! XTRA!... Frankie's In Another Jam... but this time it's really a JAM!

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.

Date of release
1940-06-11
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Mystery, Comedy
Director
Howard Bretherton

Casting

Interesting facts

On the Spot is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by George Waggner and Dorothy Davenport. The film stars Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Polis, Robert Warwick and Maxine Leslie. The film was released on June 11, 1940, by Monogram Pictures.

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