The Honor of the Press
Genres
Overview
Cub reporter Daniel Greely gets a job on a big city newspaper. A string of robberies occur and the owner of the paper blames the police for not rounding up the crooks. Daniel discovers that a coded message in the newspaper's editor's box tips the crooks about each robbery.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
58 min
Release Date
1932-07-13
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Edward Nugent
Daniel H. Greely
Rita La Roy
Daisy Tellem
Dorothy Gulliver
June Bonner
Wheeler Oakman
Roger Bradley
Russell Simpson
Dan Perkins
John Ince
Police Commissioner Drake
Charles K. French
Dodson, Editorial Writer
Reginald Simpson
Larry Grayson, Reporter
Franklin Parker
Sorrell 'Sorry' Simpson, Photographer
Vivian Fields
Dorothy
Franklyn Farnum
Mr. Sampson, publisher of 'The Herald'
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