Comedy ·Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1933 · 1h 13m

Bureau of Missing Persons

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Director

Cast

Bette Davis as Norma Roberts Lewis Stone as Police Captain Webb Pat O'Brien as Detective Butch Saunders Glenda Farrell as Belle Howard Saunders Allen Jenkins as Detective Joe Musik Ruth Donnelly as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris

Crew

Barney McGill — Director of Photography James Gibbon — Editor Robert Presnell Sr. — Screenplay Carol Bird — Story John H. Ayers — Story Henry Blanke — Producer

Tagline

SHAME is responsible for the "amnesia" plague which has swept America!

Synopsis

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

Mood & Themes

missing person pre-code

Key Collaborators

Roy Del Ruth Director Barney McGill Director of Photography James Gibbon Editor Robert Presnell Sr. Screenplay Carol Bird Story John H. Ayers Story Henry Blanke Producer

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