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A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.A New York private eye works the puzzle of an actress found slain in a Grand Central Station railway car.
Stephen McNally
- 'Turk'
- (as Horace McNally)
Norman Abbott
- Whistling Messenger
- (uncredited)
Evalene Bankston
- Blonde
- (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
- Medical Examiner
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Train Conductor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Custer tells Inspector Gunther he plays "Spit in the Ocean," that refers to a card game that is a variation of draw poker.
- Quotes
Mida King, Stage Name of Beulah Toohey: Where were you raised? Didn't anyone ever tell you its bad luck to whistle in a dressing room?
Whistling Messenger: I'm sorry miss, I... I was raised in a cattle boat, where folks whistle when they feel like it, including the cows!
- Crazy creditsThe following message is included during ending credits: "America needs your money. Buy defense bonds and stamps every pay day."
- ConnectionsEdited from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
- SoundtracksBroadway's Still Broadway
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Ted Fetter
Sung by Connie Gilchrist in a burlesque show and danced by a chorus
Featured review
It was great viewing this 1942 film that was suppose to take place in Grand Central Station, New York City, but 95 percent of the film was produced in Hollywood. Van Heflin, (Rocky Custer) plays the role as a private detective along with his wife, Virginia Grey, (Sue "Butch" Custer) who works side by side with her husband in order to solve many of his murder cases and investigations. Patricia Done (Mida King) plays the role of a gold digger who will flirt with any man old or young in order to get all their money or gifts and turn it all into cash and hid the money, because she did not believe in banks. Mida King made many friends, but also made many men grow to hate her. One man that was not very happy with Mida was Frankie Ciro, (Tom Conway) who owned a night club and made her his star and she walks out on opening night during the second act. Inspector Gunther,(Sam Levene) gives a great supporting role as the policeman in charge of the investigation and has a great deal of trouble trying to find out just who the killer is and even accuses Rocky Custer and many other people in the cast.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Mordet på centralen
- Filming locations
- Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(opening establishing shot)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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