| The Voice of the City | |
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| Directed by | Willard Mack |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Written by | Willard Mack (story, screenplay) Joseph W. Farnham (intertitles) |
| Starring | Robert Ames |
| Cinematography | Max Fabian |
| Edited by | William S. Gray Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes 9 reels (sound version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Voice of the City is a 1929 American Pre-Code film by Willard Mack and starring Robert Ames. Modeled on a stage play, it is not related to the story of the same name by O. Henry.[1]
The film became available on DVD on January 31, 2012 from the Warner Archive collection.
Premise
A young man is accused of murder and a master detective is set to track him down and uncover conclusive evidence of his guilt, but the more he works on the case, the more he becomes convinced that the accused is not the real killer. He discovers that the murder was committed by a notorious gangster who's attempting to frame the boy.
Cast
- Robert Ames - Bobby Doyle
- Jim Farley - Inspector Wilmot
- Sylvia Field - Beebe
- Willard Mack - Detective Biff Myers
- Clark Marshall - Johnny the Hop aka Snow Bird
- Duane Thompson - Mary Doyle
- Tom McGuire - Detective Kelly
- John Miljan - Don Wilkes
- Alice Moe - Martha
- Beatrice Banyard - Betsy
References
- ^ Voice of the City details, silentera.com; accessed January 26, 2016.
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