Protection (1929)
During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.
- Date of release
- 1929-05-05
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Director
- Benjamin Stoloff
Casting
- Dorothy Burgess — Myrtle Hines
- Robert Elliott — Wallace Crockett
- Paul Page — Chick Slater
- Dorothy Ward — Judy Revis
- Roy Stewart — Ollie Bogardt
- William H. Tooker — Harry Lamson
- Arthur Hoyt
- Ben Hewlett — James Rollans
- Joe Brown — Joe Brown
Interesting facts
Protection is a 1929 American Synchronized sound pre-Code drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. The film stars Dorothy Burgess, Robert Elliott, Paul Page, and Joe Brown. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was released on May 5, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation.
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