The Chaser

The Chaser

76 mins | Drama, Romance | July 29, 1938

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.

The Chaser

76 mins | Drama, Romance | July 29, 1938

The Chaser
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Chaser
Directors Richard Green, Edwin L. Marin
Writers Chandler Sprague, Howard Emmett Rogers, Everett Freeman, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Harry Ruskin

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

as Tom Brandon

Ann Morriss

as Dorothy Mason

Lewis Stone

as Delford Prescott

Nat Pendleton

as Floppy Phil

Henry O'Neill

as Mr. Calhoun

Ruth Gillette

as Mrs. Olson

John Qualen

as Lars

Robert Emmett Keane

as Simon Kelly

Jack Mulhall

as Joe

Irving Bacon

as Harvey

Pierre Watkin

as Mr. Beaumont

Eddie Acuff

as Photographer

Ernie Adams

as Injured Man

Sam Ash

as Man at Calhoun's Auto

William Bailey

as Hank

Barbara Bedford

as Brandon's Secretary

Lynton Brent

as Attendant

Harvey Clark

as Roller Rink Manager

Betty Ross Clarke

as Secretary

Roger Converse

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Baldwin Cooke

as Bus Driver #2

George Cooper

as Man at Calhoun's Auto

Hal Craig

as Motorcycle Policeman

Sidney D'Albrook

as Motorman

Rae Daggett

as Woman at Calhoun's Auto

Edgar Dearing

as Policeman at End

Drew Demorest

as Bus Driver #3

John Webb Dillion

as Bystander

John Dilson

as Process Server

Lester Dorr

as Injured Man

Charles Dunbar

as Conductor

Eddie Dunn

as Eddie

Lillian Elliott

as Prison Matron

Martin Faust

as Bus Driver #1

William Irving

as Injured Man

Selmer Jackson

as Judge #2

Claude King

as Judge at Harvey's Trial

Paul Kruger

as Policeman

Clinton Lyle

as Injured Man

Tom McGuire

as Motorman #2

Bruce Mitchell

as Curley the Turnkey

Edmund Mortimer

as Bar Association Member

Wedgwood Nowell

as Dr. Kahn

Barbara Pepper

as Mabel, Drunken Girl

Frank Pharr

as Injured Man with Bandaged Head

Lee Phelps

as Ambulance Dispatcher

Don Roberts

as Injured Man

Dick Rush

as Motorman

Brent Sargent

as Dr. Schuyler

Walter Soderling

as Olaf Olson

Harry Strang

as Man at Calhoun's Auto

Ben Taggart

as Policeman Reading Law to Motorman

Harry Tyler

as Client Gerson on Crutches

Monte Vandergrift

as Policeman at Roller Rink

Dorothy Vaughan

as Woman Auto Driver

Ward Wing

as Man at Calhoun's Auto

William Worthington

as Dr. Matthews