A Dangerous Affair
1931•1h 15m•7.0•Released
Mystery
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Director
Edward Sedgwick
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Jack Holt
Lt. McHenry
Ralph Graves
Wally Cook
Sally Blane
Marjory Randolph
Susan Fleming
Florence
Blanche Friderici
Letty Randolph
Edward Brophy
Nelson
DeWitt Jennings
City Editor
Tyler Brooke
Harvey
William V. Mong
Lionel
Fred Santley
Tom
Charles Middleton
Tupper
Esther Muir
Peggy
Sidney Bracey
Plunkett
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