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  • Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
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    71 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
Passed
71 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him ...See moreJim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com See less
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Director
Writers
Octavus Roy Cohen (story) | Olive Cooper (screenplay) | Joseph Krumgold (screenplay) | Eric Taylor (adaptation) | Cortland Fitzsimmons (adaptation)
Producer
Cinematographer
Jack A. Marta (as Jack Marta)
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Updated Apr 5, 1937

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Apr 5, 1937 (United States)

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25 cast members
Name Known for
Guy Kibbee
James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey   See fewer
Tom Brown
Don Terry Don Terry   See fewer
Lucie Kaye
Joan Frost Joan Frost   See fewer
Catherine Doucet
Adelaide Frost Adelaide Frost   See fewer
Edward Gargan
O.R. Smith O.R. Smith   See fewer
Edward Brophy
Romo (as Edward S. Brophy) Romo (as Edward S. Brophy)   See fewer
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Tom Ellis Mrs. Tom Ellis   See fewer
Theodore von Eltz
Dunn (as Theodor Von Eltz) Dunn (as Theodor Von Eltz)   See fewer
Kenneth Thomson
W.B. Elwood W.B. Elwood   See fewer
Howard Hickman
Herbert Frost Herbert Frost   See fewer
Oscar Apfel
Lambert Lambert   See fewer
Robert Homans
Sheriff Garrett Sheriff Garrett   See fewer
Harry Tyler
Taxi Driver Taxi Driver   See fewer
Charles Williams
Brackett Brackett   See fewer
Richard Beach
Bit (uncredited) Bit (uncredited)   See fewer
William 'Billy' Benedict
Copy Boy (uncredited) Copy Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Elliott
Society Woman (uncredited) Society Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
Fern Emmett
Noisy Neighbor (uncredited) Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam Flint
Bit (uncredited) Bit (uncredited)   See fewer
Gladys Gale
Society Woman (uncredited) Society Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
June Johnson
June (uncredited) June (uncredited)   See fewer
Dick Rush
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
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