Murder in the Private Car (1934)
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Writers:
Ralph Spence, Edgar Allan Woolf, Al Boasberg.
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Charles Ruggles as Godfrey D. Scott |
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Una Merkel as Georgia Latham |
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Mary Carlisle as Ruth Raymond |
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Russell Hardie as John Blake |
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Porter Hall as Alden Murray |
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Willard Robertson as Hanks |
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Berton Churchill as Luke Carson |
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Clifford Thompson as Allen |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Titus |
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Walter Brennan as Switchman (uncredited) |
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Ray Corrigan as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited) |
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Sterling Holloway as Office Boy (uncredited) |
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Olaf Hytten as Man Asking About Radio (uncredited) |
| Directing | Harry Beaumont | Director |
| Writing | Ralph Spence | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edgar Allan Woolf | Screenplay |
| Writing | Al Boasberg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harvey F. Thew | Adaptation |
| Production | Lucien Hubbard | Producer |
| Editing | William S. Gray | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Directing | Harry Sharrock | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Earl Taggert | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Charles E. Wallace | Sound Mixer |