Afraid to Talk

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Afraid to Talk

"A Dramatic expose of Graft-ridden Politics!"

1932

1h 9m

6.0(1 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

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65 members

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Eric Linden

Eddie Martin

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Sidney Fox

Peggy Martin

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Tully Marshall

District Attorney. Anderson

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Louis Calhern

Asst. District Attorney John Wade

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George Meeker

Lenny Collins

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Robert Warwick

Jake Stranskey

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Berton Churchill

Mayor William 'Billy' Manning

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Edward Arnold

Jig Skelli

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Mayo Methot

Marge Winters

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Matt McHugh

Joe Skelli

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Joyce Compton

Alice - Party Girl

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King Baggot

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Walter Brennan

Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

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Lita Chevret

Molly (uncredited)

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Dorothy Granger

Kippie - Party Girl (uncredited)

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Ben Taggart

Detective Burke (uncredited)

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Thomas E. Jackson

Deputy Benchley

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Frank Sheridan

Police Commissioner Garvey

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Ian Maclaren

Chief Frank Hyers

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Gustav von Seyffertitz

Attorney Harry Berger

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Reginald Barlow

Judge MacMurray

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Edward Martindel

Major Jamison

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John Ince

Bill (detective)

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George Chandler

Pete (bellhop)

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Arthur Housman

Archie (drunk)

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Joe Bonomo

Party Guest

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Lynton Brent

Wade's Secretary

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Ralph Brooks

Reporter

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Thomas Carrigan

Burns

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G. Pat Collins

Detective Archie Quinn

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Kernan Cripps

Arresting Detective

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Jack Dougherty

Third-Degree Detective

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Jimmie Dundee

Cab Driver

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James Eagles

Sam - Bellhop

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Jim Farley

Police Sergeant

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William Farrel

Third-Degree Detective #1

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Olin Francis

Prison Hospital Guard

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Clarence Geldart

Third-Degree Doctor

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Charles Giblyn

Doctor

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Huntley Gordon

Governor

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Julia Griffith

Dignitary on Dais

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Pat Harmon

Prison Patient

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Robert Homans

Bill McGuire - Third-Degree Detective

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Perry Ivins

Unemployed Man

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Gladden James

Reporter

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Lew Kelly

Mailman

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William J. Kelly

Third-Degree Detective

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Colin Kenny

Dignitary on Dais

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Fred Kohler Jr.

Max - Elevator Operator

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Lew Meehan

Jail Official

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Monte Montague

Electrician

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Frances Morris

Miss Sheridan - Nurse

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Robert Morris

Third-Degree Detective #2

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Lee Phelps

Taxi Driver

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Alexander Pollard

Party Waiter

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Hal Price

Arresting Detective

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Lorin Raker

Mike

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Jack Richardson

Editor

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Cliff Saum

Protester with Sign

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Philip Sleeman

Prison Patient

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Emma Tansey

Old Lady

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Harry Tenbrook

Spike - Henchman

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Edward Thomas

Bartender

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William Wagner

Reporter

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Allen Wood

Bellhop

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