City of Missing Girls
| City of Missing Girls | |
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| Directed by | Elmer Clifton |
| Written by | Elmer Clifton (story) Oliver Drake (screenplay) and George Rosener (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Max Alexander (producer) George M. Merrick (producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Edward Linden |
| Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
| Music by | Marvin Hatley |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
City of Missing Girls is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.[1][2]
Plot
The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being found dead. Intrepid female newspaper reporter Nora Page's investigations reveal a link between the girls and the Crescent School of Fine Arts owned by gangster King Peterson, who is using the school as a front for a recruiting center for his nightclub "entertainers". Things become more complex when Nora's father is connected with Peterson and her boyfriend James Horton is photographed in embarrassing circumstances with a woman found murdered after the photo was taken. Peterson shoots Nora's father to death in front of witnesses, and we conclude with she and Horton reading a newspaper article about Peterson's execution.
Cast
- H. B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh
- Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page
- John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton
- Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph
- Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson
- George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan
- Kathryn Crawford as Helen Whitney
- Patricia Knox as Kate Nelson
- Walter Long as Police Officer Larkin
- Gale Storm as Mary Phillips
- Boyd Irwin as Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
- Danny Webb as William 'Bill' Short, Photographer
- Herb Vigran as Danny Mason
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "An awkward murder mystery."[3]
References
- ^ "City of Missing Girls (1941)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.
- ^ "City of Missing Girls (1941) - Elmer Clifton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
- ^ "City of Missing Girls". TV Guide.
External links
- City of Missing Girls at IMDb
- City of Missing Girls is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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