Movie Cosmos - Roar of the Press

Description:

While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.

Top Cast >

Jean Parker

As Alice Williams

Wallace Ford

As Wally Williams

Jed Prouty

As Gordon MacEwan

Suzanne Kaaren

As Angela Brooks

Harland Tucker

As Harry Brooks

Evalyn Knapp

As Evelyn

Robert Frazer

As Louis Detmar

Dorothy Lee

As Frances Harris

John Holland

As Robert Mallon

Maxine Leslie

As Mrs. Mabel Leslie

Paul Fix

As 'Sparrow' McGraun

Betty Compson

As Mrs. Thelma Tate

Matty Fain

As Nick Paul

Eddie Foster

As Fingers

Charles King

As Police Lieutenant Homer Thomas

Frank O'Connor

As Police Lieutenant Jim Hall

Dennis Moore

As Henchman Toughy

Robert Pittard

As Tommy, the Newsboy

Lynton Brent

As Reporter with Mustache

Jack Cheatham

As Reporter

Lester Dorr

As Swithboard Operator

Byron Foulger

As Eddie Tate

Pat Gleason

As Reporter

I. Stanford Jolley

As Pedestrian Finding Note

Donald Kerr

As 'Red' Keane, Photographer

Charles McMurphy

As First Policeman

Jack Perrin

As Reporter

Mildred Shay

As Helen

Top Crew >

Phil Rosen

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (5/10)

A fast moving story about a honeymooning journalist Wallace Ford ("Wally") who happens across a scoop as an influential industrialist falls to his death from a rooftop. His editor needs (blackmails) him to follow up so we engage in a fine, if predictable, balancing act between his investigation and his new wife "Alice" (Jean Parker). When they are both kidnapped and discover a secret web of fifth columnists they must combine their talents to outwit them... It didn't have much of a budget, so the script and production are a bit creaky, but the supporting cast and sheer pace make it an OK newspaper-man film.

2022-06-25