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The Murder Man is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tim Whelan released in USA on 12 july 1935 with Spencer Tracy
The Murder Man (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Murder Man is a 1935 American crime-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, and Lionel Atwill, and directed by Tim Whelan. The picture was Tracy's first film in what would be a twenty-year career with MGM. Tracy plays an investigative reporter who specializes in murder cases. The film is notable as the feature film debut of James Stewart (who had previously appeared in a Shemp Howard comedy short called Art Trouble). Stewart has sixth billing as a reporter named Shorty.
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Steve Grey (Spencer Tracy) is a hotshot New York newspaper reporter, specializing in murder. When a crooked businessman named Halford is murdered, Steve pins the blame on the dead man's associate, Henry Mander (Harvey Stephens), theorizing that Halford was killed by a rifle from a shooting gallery across the street.Actors
Spencer Tracy
(Steven 'Steve' Grey)
Virginia Bruce
(Mary Shannon)
Lionel Atwill
(Captain Cole)
Harvey Stephens
(Henry Mander)
James Stewart
(Shorty)
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