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The Perfect Clue

The Perfect Clue

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The Perfect Clue

"“Solved by a trick of Fate. Yet these two lovers were standing at the very door of death!”"

1935

1h 4m

6.0(5 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.

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David Manners

David Manners

David Mannering

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Ronnie Van Zandt

Dorothy Libaire

Dorothy Libaire

Mona Stewart

Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe

Ursula Chesebrough

William P. Carleton

William P. Carleton

Jerome Stewart

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

Sid Barkley

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Butch Carter

Robert Gleckler

Robert Gleckler

Delaney

Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Stationmaster

Charles Cahill Wilson

Charles Cahill Wilson

District Attorney

Creative team

Directed by: Robert G. Vignola
Written by: Lolita Ann Westman
Albert DeMond

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