Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

70 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance | March 1, 1928

After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl's favor, the two go to the gangsters' hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.

Partners in Crime

70 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance | March 1, 1928

Partners in Crime
After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl's favor, the two go to the gangsters' hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.
Producers Paramount
Original title Partners in Crime
Directors Frank R. Strayer
Writers Gilbert Pratt, Grover Jones

Cast

Wallace Beery

as Detective Mike Doolan

Raymond Hatton

as 'Scoop' McGee, The Reporter

Mary Brian

as Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl

William Powell

as Smith

Jack Luden

as Richard Demming, Assistant DistrictAttorney

Arthur Housman

as Barton

Albert Roccardi

as Kanelli, The Restaurant Owner

Joseph W. Girard

as Chief of Police

George Irving

as B.R. Carnwall

Bruce Gordon

as Dodo

Jack Richardson

as Jake