Bureau of Missing Persons
SHAME is responsible for the "amnesia" plague which has swept America!
1933 | 73m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
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| Writer: | Robert Presnell Sr., John H. Ayers, Carol Bird |
| Staring: |
| Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work... | |
| Release Date: | Sep 16, 1933 |
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| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
| Writer: | Robert Presnell Sr., John H. Ayers, Carol Bird |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Keywords | missing person, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bette Davis | Norma Roberts |
| Lewis Stone | Police Captain Webb |
| Pat O'Brien | Detective Butch Saunders |
| Glenda Farrell | Belle Howard Saunders |
| Allen Jenkins | Detective Joe Musik |
| Ruth Donnelly | Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris |
| Hugh Herbert | Detective Hank Slade |
| Alan Dinehart | Therme Roberts |
| Marjorie Gateson | Mrs. Paul |
| Tad Alexander | Caesar Paul |
| Noel Francis | Alice Crane |
| Wallis Clark | Mr. Paul |
| Adrian Morris | Detective Irish Conlin |
| Clay Clement | Burton C. Kingman |
| Henry Kolker | Theodore Arno |
| George Chandler | Homer Howard |
| Jack Baxley | Homicide Detective (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Mr. Newberry (uncredited) |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | Mr. Harris (uncredited) |
| G. Pat Collins | Man Who Will Kill Wife's Lover (uncredited) |
| Frank Darien | Man Identifying Daughter's Photo (uncredited) |
| Sol Gorss | Dock Worker (uncredited) |
| Grace Hayle | Lady Who Wants Her Cook Back (uncredited) |
| John Hyams | Apartment House Manager (uncredited) |
| Edward Keane | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Edward McWade | Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited) |
| Jean Muir | Louise Kane (uncredited) |
| Edward Pawley | Waterfront Diner Wanting Sugar (uncredited) |
| Dewey Robinson | Waterfront Diner Wanting Salt (uncredited) |
| Christian Rub | Janitor (uncredited) |
| Charles Sellon | Undertaker (uncredited) |
| John Sheehan | Tom--Morgue Attendant (uncredited) |
| Tom Wilson | Tony - Investigator (uncredited) |
| Jack Wise | Mr. Engel - Press Agent (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Presnell Sr. | Screenplay |
| Roy Del Ruth | Director |
| John H. Ayers | Story |
| James Gibbon | Editor |
| Carol Bird | Story |
| Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |
| William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
| Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Maxwell Arnow | Casting Director |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henry Blanke | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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