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Released April 17, 1942
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
60 min. (Feature Film)

The NY Express' star investigative reporter Johnny Forbes (Kent Taylor) witnesses a murder at the racetrack. After lying to the police about recognizing the murderer, Forbes starts on the trail of killer Chet Matthews. Matthews used to be a hired gun for dead racketeer Jim Hadley. After a tip from Hadley's girlfriend, Forbes enlists the help of goofy cab driver Milton Davis (Shemp Howard) and begins a road trip on Matthews' trail that starts in Brooklyn NY, and ends in Brooklyn MS. Once there, Forbes meets lovely songstress Beth Connell (Frances Langford) at a high-class riverfront casino and immediately falls in love. He also finds Matthews... and the supposedly dead Hadley masquerading as Francis Carvel, a "reputable" Mississippi shipper, actually running a nationwide gambling racket. While Forbes plots to expose Carvel and write the scoop of a lifetime, Matthews and his henchmen plot to leave Forbes floating in the Mississippi.

Rereleased by RealArt Pictures in the early 1950s as DANGER ON THE RIVER.

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Avg. Rating: [7.00/10]
 
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Kent Taylor
Johnny Forbes

Shemp Howard
Milton Davis

Claire Dodd
Gladys LaVerne

John Litel
Jim Hadley / Francis Carvel

Douglas Fowley
Chet Matthews

Frances Langford
Beth Connell

Wade Boteler
Eric Brandon

Eddie Dunn
Sgt. Dexter

Aldrich Bowker
Judd Higgins

Harry Hayden
Sheriff Dan Calkins

David Oliver
Croupier

Gary Breckner
Radio announcer


John Rawlins
Director

Paul Malvern
Associate Producer

Marion Orth
Original Story

Al Martin
Screenplay and Original Story

Roy Chanslor
Screenplay

John Boyle
Director of Photography

Arthur Hilton
Film Editor

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Ralph M. DeLacy
Associate Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director

Robert Pritchard
Sound Technician

Charles Previn
Musical Director

Everett Carter
Original Music and Lyrics

Harold Adamson
Original Music and Lyrics

Milton S. Rosen
Original Music and Lyrics

Frank Skinner
Original Music

Jimmy McHugh
Music and Lyrics


















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