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Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
(1945)
243 minutes
Directed by Wallace Fox
Cast:
Joan Woodbury as Brenda Starr
Kane Richmond as Lt. Lawrence Farrell
Syd Saylor as Chuck Allen
Joe Devlin as Tim
Wheeler Oakman as Joe Heller and Lew Heller
Cay Forrester as Vera Harvey
Marion Burns as Zelda
Lottie Harrison as Abretha
George Meeker as Frank Smith
Jack Ingram as Kruger
Anthony Warde as Muller
John Merton as Schultz
Joan Woodbury plays Daily Flash reporter, Brenda Starr. She and her photographer,Chuck Allen played by Syd Saylor are sent to cover a fire in an old house. When they arrive, they find an injured gangster named Joe Heller who is believed to have robbed a quarter-million dollar payroll. He informs Brenda that someone took his pack of stolen money and he provides her with a coded message as he dies.
Kruger is the gangster who shot Heller and runs off only to discover the bag is filled with paper, not money. The gang is aware Heller provided Heller with the coded message and threatens to kill her if she doesn’t tell them where the money is hidden. She manages to stay clear from the gang for thirteen weeks until an office boy decodes the message.
Chapter titles
1. Hot News
2. The Blazing Trap
3. Taken for a Ride
4. A Ghost Walks
5. The Big Boss Speaks
6. Man Hunt
7. Hideout of Terror
8. Killer at Large
9. Dark Magic
10. A Double-cross Backfires
11. On the Spot
12. Murder at Night
13. The Mystery of the Payroll
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