I'll Name the Murderer

I'll Name the Murderer
I'll Name the Murderer
Directed by	Raymond K. Johnson
Written by	Phil Dunham ;
Produced by
Starring	Ralph Forbes ; Marion Shilling ; Malcolm McGregor
Cinematography	James Diamond
Edited by	Charles Henkel Jr.
Music by	Gene Johnston
Production; company	C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by	Puritan Pictures
Release date	January 27, 1936;
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I'll Name the Murderer is a 1936 American crime film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ralph Forbes, Marion Shilling and Malcolm McGregor.^[1]

Plot[]

Ralph Forbes is gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about who is being seen where and, it turns out, is not a timid bluffer when it comes to coaxing out a murderer.

An entertainer is murdered in her dressing room. Tommy Tilton's friend looks pretty guilty, but there's a raft of suspects who also had crossed and been crossed by this particular singer. Tilton's game: He uses his society column to draw out the guilty person with taunts and hints, eventually claiming that he will name the murderer in his next column. Whether his boast is backed up is, of course, in great doubt.

Cast[]

Ralph Forbes as Tommy Tilton
Marion Shilling as 'Smitty', newspaper photographer
Malcolm McGregor as Ted Benson
as Lou Baron, Private Investigator
as Police Captain 'Pop' Flynn
William Bailey as William Hugo Van Ostrum, Vi's father
as Nadia Renee, aka Marina Farina
as Valerie Delroy, aka Maragert O'Brien
as Walton, Valerie's Dance Partner
Harry Semels as Luigi, Club Owner
as Club Waiter

References[]

^ Pitts p.295

Bibliography[]

Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links[]

I'll Name the Murderer at IMDb
I'll Name the Murderer is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Pitts p.295

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