Woman in Distress (1937)

Woman in Distress

1937

Drama Comedy Crime

Synopsis

Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.

Credits

Director

Lynn Shores

Cast

Arthur Loft as Stu Saddler

Charles C. Wilson as Editor Herbert Claxton

Dean Jagger as Fred Stevens

Douglass Dumbrille as Jerome Culver

Gene Morgan as Slug Beemis

George C. Pearce as Sam, the hotel proprietor

George McKay as Detective-Sergeant Casey

Irene Hervey as Irene Donovan