International Crime (1938)
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62 min | Drama

International Crime (1938)

Passed

62 min | Drama

Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper, has developed a friendly feud that sometimes passes the friendly stage with Police Commissioner ...See moreLamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper, has developed a friendly feud that sometimes passes the friendly stage with Police Commissioner Weston (Thomas E. Jackson). He complains to his managing editor, Edward Heath (Oscar O'Shea), over the problems that have developed in his department since Phoebe Lane (Astrid Allwyn) has been hired as his assistant. He is advised to forget it since she is the publisher's niece. During his broadcast about Honest John (William Pawley), a famous safe cracker who has served his time, Phoebe gives him a note that the Metropolitan Theatre is to be robbed at eight o'clock and she is so insistent that he adds it as his closing note. Off the air, he learns she got the information from a man she met in a café who had an honest face. Cranston goes to the theatre where Weston and his men have gathered and, of course, nothing happens but, across town, a safe is blown at the home of international banker Gerald Morton (John St. Polis) and the banker is killed. Cranston arrives there ahead of the police and discovers enough evidence to show him that it wasn't just a simple robbery with the banker accidentally killed. The irate Weston has him jailed as a material witness, but Phoebe comes through with a habeas corpus in time for him to make his broadcast. Honest John crashes into the studio with a gun and demands that Cranston exonerates him over the air from the police suspicion that he committed the robbery. Weston rushes to the studio but Honest John has escaped. Cranston takes Phoebe on a tour of night clubs hoping she will spot the man who gave her the robbery message. She does and Cranston poses as a new arrival from Europe and learns that the man is Flotow (Wilhelm von Brincken) and his companion is Starkov (Tenen Holtz'). They make a date for lunch the next day. While they are waiting for him to join them for lunch, Cranston breaks into Flathow's apartment where he meets Phoebe who also has had the same idea. A phone call is answered and Morton's butler says there is a meeting at the Morton home that afternoon. Written by Les Adams See less

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Rod La Rocque Lamont Cranston Lamont Cranston See fewer	Gigolo (1926)
Astrid Allwyn Phoebe Lane Phoebe Lane See fewer	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Thomas E. Jackson Commissioner Weston (as Thomas Jackson) Commissioner Weston (as Thomas Jackson) See fewer	Broadway (1929)
Oscar O'Shea Heath Heath See fewer	Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Lew Hearn Moe Moe See fewer	Specter of the Rose (1946)
Wilhelm von Brincken Flotow (as Wm. von Brincken) Flotow (as Wm. von Brincken) See fewer	Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
Tenen Holtz Starkhov Starkhov See fewer	Exit Smiling (1926)
William Pawley Honest John (as Wm. Pawley) Honest John (as Wm. Pawley) See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Peter Potter Burke (as Wm. Moore) Burke (as Wm. Moore) See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
John St. Polis Roger Morton Roger Morton See fewer	Three Weeks (1924)
Jack Baxley Matthews Matthews See fewer	The Kid from Gower Gulch (1950)
Walter Bonn Steffen Steffen See fewer	Cipher Bureau (1938)
Harry C. Bradley Barrows (as Harry Bradley) Barrows (as Harry Bradley) See fewer	The House of Mystery (1934)
Will Stanton Lush Lush See fewer	The Painted Angel (1929)
Ernie Adams Jail Prisoner (uncredited) Jail Prisoner (uncredited) See fewer	The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
John Alban Restaurant Patron (uncredited) Restaurant Patron (uncredited) See fewer
Jack Cheatham Officer Frank McKay (uncredited) Officer Frank McKay (uncredited) See fewer	A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
Jack Chefe Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Kernan Cripps Weston's Assistant (uncredited) Weston's Assistant (uncredited) See fewer	Federal Operator 99 (1945)
Lester Dorr Radio Operator (uncredited) Radio Operator (uncredited) See fewer	Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
Edward Hearn Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	As No Man Has Loved (1925)
James C. Morton Radio Listener (uncredited) Radio Listener (uncredited) See fewer	A Daughter of Uncle Sam (1918)
Frank Nelson E.R.O.M. Announcer (uncredited) E.R.O.M. Announcer (uncredited) See fewer	The Milkman (1950)
William H. O'Brien Bartender (uncredited) Bartender (uncredited) See fewer	I've Been Around (1935)
Paul Panzer Rudolf (uncredited) Rudolf (uncredited) See fewer	The Black Book (1929)
Harry Semels Violinist (uncredited) Violinist (uncredited) See fewer	Les Misérables (1935)
Nick Stewart Shoeshine Boy (uncredited) Shoeshine Boy (uncredited) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Lloyd Whitlock Attorney (uncredited) Attorney (uncredited) See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)

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