The Speed Reporter

55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Speed Reporter is a 1936 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters and Richard Cramer.^[1] It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Reliable Pictures.^[2]

Plot

In a crime-ridden city, a gangster moves to increase his control over the various illegal rackets, with the support of a corrupt editor of a newspaper. A cub reporter on a rival takes on the challenge to smash the mob.

Cast

• Richard Talmadge as Dick Lawrence
• Luana Walters as May
• Richard Cramer as Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin
• Frank Hall Crane as Roger Renfrew
• Robert Walker as Stanley - City Editor
• John Ince as Publisher Madison
• Earl Dwire as Publisher John Parker
• George Chesebro as Blackie Smith
• Ed Cassidy as Edwards, a Henchman
• James Sheridan as Henchman Gat
• Victor Adamson as Henchman Butch
• Eddie Davis as Jim - Press Reporter
• William McCall as Hotel Doorman
• Otto Metzetti as Henchman Chip
• Victor Metzetti as Henchman Louie
• Dorothy Vernon as Miss Edwards

References

Bibliography

• Langman, Larry. The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland & Company, 1998.
• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• The Speed Reporter at IMDb