Headline Crasher (1937)
Senator's Son Defies Police - Scarlotti Mob Threatens Senator
The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crasher. Little Frankie and Big Kane play a pair of roving journalists who investigate a politician (Richard Tucker) up for re-election. When it seems as though the politico is being set up for a fall by yellow journalists, Darro and Richmond try to get to the truth of the matter. The original story for Headline Crasher is credited to Peter B. Kyne, creator of the "Broncho Billy" western stories.
- Date of release
- 1937-08-04
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Leslie Goodwins
Casting
- Frankie Darro — James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.
- Kane Richmond — Lawrence 'Larry' Deering
- Muriel Evans — Edith Arlen
- Richard Tucker — Sen. James Tallant
- John Merton — Tony Scarlotti
- Eleanor Stewart — Helen
- Edward Earle — Atwood
- Harry Harvey — City Editor
- John Ward — Campaign Manager
- Edward Kaye — Bill (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Headline Crasher is a 1936 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe and Charles R. Condon. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Muriel Evans.
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