Missing Daughters (1939 film)
1939 film by Charles C. Coleman
- May 22, 1939 (1939-05-22)
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Missing Daughters is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, and Marian Marsh.[1]
Plot
Kay Roberts comes to see radio crime commentator Wally King after the death of Josie, her sister. Josie left home to become a nightclub hostess, only to fall victim to a series of murders covering up a slavery racket.
Wally goes undercover to investigate with the police department's consent after disparaging their work on his radio program. Kay also takes a job as a cigarette girl, hoping to help Wally with his work. The nightclub's owner figures out what Wally is up to and is about to kill him when Capt. McGraw of the police intervenes, just in time.
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Wally
- Rochelle Hudson as Kay
- Marian Marsh as Josie Lamonte
- Isabel Jewell as Peggy
- Edward Raquello as Lucky Rogers
- Dick Wessel as Brick McGirk
- Eddie Kane as Nick
- Wade Boteler as Capt. McGraw
- Don Beddoe as Al Farrow
- Claire Rochelle as Doris
- Byron Foulger as Bert Ford
- John Harmon as Tim
- Allen Vincent as Slinky
- Walter Sande as Snoop
- Esther Howard as Mother Hawks
- Cy Schindell as Mugg
- Lucile Browne as Estelle
- Lorna Gray as Nan
- Dorothy Short as Bee
- Christine McIntyre as Ruth
- Mary Ainslee as Showgirl
- Dorothy Fay as Showgirl
- Mildred Shay as Hostess
- James Craig as 1st Attendant
- Richard Fiske as 2nd Attendant
- Rosina Galli as Italian
References
- ^ Etling, Laurence (19 July 2011). Radio in the Movies: A History and Filmography, 1926-2010. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7864-8616-8.
External links
- Missing Daughters at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Charles C. Coleman
- Voice in the Night (1934)
- Code of the Range (1936)
- Legion of Terror (1936)
- Dodge City Trail (1936)
- Parole Racket (1937)
- Criminals of the Air (1937)
- A Fight to the Finish (1937)
- Paid to Dance (1937)
- The Shadow (1937)
- When G-Men Step In (1938)
- Highway Patrol (1938)
- Squadron of Honor (1938)
- Flight to Fame (1938)
- Homicide Bureau (1939)
- My Son Is a Criminal (1939)
- Spoilers of the Range (1939)
- Missing Daughters (1939)
- Outpost of the Mounties (1939)
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