Not an exact remake, but "Man Hunt" recycles many plot elements from "The Famous Ferguson Case" (1932). Ambitious, small town reporter stumbles into a national crime story and is treated like a hick by the cynical, big city reporters that suddenly overrun the town.
A deteriorating incomplete (Missing Reel 2, Discarded because of deterioration) nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives and is not listed for preservation; it may not be lost forever, however, because it's in the Turner Classic Movies library and is occasionally aired on TCM for anyone's who interested.
During filming in the San Fernando Valley, a swarm of gnats, attracted by the bright lights, swooped down on the company. Everyone had to fan the air and swat at the gnats. This went on for three nights until a carload of flit guns arrived. Unfortunately, the film was completed.