The Great Swindle

The Great Swindle

58 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 10, 1941

In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.

The Great Swindle

58 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 10, 1941

The Great Swindle
In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Great Swindle
Directors Lewis D. Collins
Writers Albert DeMond, Eric Taylor

Cast

Jack Holt

as Jack Regan

Jonathan Hale

as Swann

Henry Kolker

as Stewart Cordell

Marjorie Reynolds

as Margaret Swann

Donald Douglas

as Bill Farrow

Sidney Blackmer

as Dave Lennox

Douglas Fowley

as Rocky Andrews

Boyd Irwin

as Thomas Marshall

Tom Kennedy

as Capper Smith