Crime · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 4m

Ticket to a Crime

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Director
Lewis D. Collins
Cast
Ralph Graves as Clay Holt Lola Lane as Peggy Cummings James Burke as Detective Lt. John Aloysius McGinnis Lois Wilson as Elaine Purdy Edward Earle as Willard Purdy Hyram A. Hoover as Jerry Papolas
Crew
Charles Logue — Screenplay Carroll John Daly — Story Max Alexander — Producer
Tagline

A FAMOUS DETECTIVE ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO A MURDER!

Synopsis

After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.

Mood & Themes
jewelryex husbandmurderprivate investigatorsecretarypolice detectivedivorced womanex-conhigh societyjewelermissing moneysociety party
Key Collaborators
Lewis D. Collins Director Charles Logue Screenplay Carroll John Daly Story Max Alexander Producer
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