Inside Information (1939)
They could duck the hand of the law...but they couldn't evade the eye of the microscope!
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
- Date of release
- 1939-06-02
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Action, Crime
- Director
- Charles Lamont
Casting
- Dick Foran — Danny Blake
- Harry Carey — Captain Bill Dugan
- June Lang — Kathleen Burke
- Mary Carlisle — Crystal
- Addison Richards — Gerald Banford
- Joe Sawyer — Detective Grazzi
- Grant Richards — Charles Bixby
- Selmer Jackson — Alfred Huxley
- Paul McVey — Carl Crawford
- Frederick Burton — Police Commissioner Fenton
- Robert Homans — Casey
- John Harmon — Frenchy
Interesting facts
Inside Information is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont. The film stars Dick Foran, Harry Carey, and June Lang. It was released on June 2, 1939. During production, the working title of the film was Metropolitan Police.
Production
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The film was developed under the title Metropolitan Police.
Inside Information was based on an unpublished novel "47th Precinct" by Burnet Hershey and Martin Mooney. Mooney was a real-life New York City crime reporter who went to prison for refusing to reveal his news sources.
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