The Speed Reporter
1936 | 55m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Bernard B. Ray |
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| Writer: | Rose Gordon, Harry S. Webb |
| Staring: |
| Spectacular stunt work by Richard Talmadge, circus acrobat and stunt man for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., highlights this expose of a big city criminal mastermind. | |
| Release Date: | May 13, 1936 |
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| Director: | Bernard B. Ray |
| Writer: | Rose Gordon, Harry S. Webb |
| Genres: | Action, Crime |
| Keywords | reporter, held at gunpoint |
| Production Companies | Reliable Pictures Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Talmadge | Dick Lawrence |
| Luana Walters | May |
| Richard Cramer | Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin |
| Frank Hall Crane | Roger Renfrew |
| Bob Walker | Stanley - City Editor |
| John Ince | Publisher Madison |
| Earl Dwire | Publisher John Parker |
| George Chesebro | Blackie Smith |
| Ed Cassidy | Edwards, a Henchman |
| James Sheridan | Henchman Gat |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bernard B. Ray | Director |
| Rose Gordon | Screenplay |
| Harry S. Webb | Story |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Well, at least it's a "Reliable" picture! It's also a pretty rough and ready crime caper that sees enthusiastic journalist "Dick" (Richard Talmadge) investigate the probity of the chairman of the newly formed "City Reform League" after a night of crooked chaos leaves quite a few people in custody an ... d quite a few prominent citizens under suspicion. "Renfrew" (Frank Hall Crane) is the man, ostensibly an upstanding gentleman, whom we soon realise is very much in the pocket of "Franklin" (Richard Cramer). Can "Dick" and his charming fiancé "May" (Luana Walters) save the day? To be fair, it's quite a pacy affair with lots of (overly) choreographed chases and fist-fights before a really messy and frank quite annoying denouement. Indeed, I found the leading man to be a bit of a pain right from the get-go! It's very dialogue heavy and such attempts at humour as there are probably fell flat in 1936 let alone nowadays. It's a cinema curio at best, sorry.