The Murder Man

He knows the truth BUT HE CAN'T TALK!

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.

Crime Drama Romance Thriller

Spencer Tracy

(Steven 'Steve' Grey)

Virginia Bruce

Lionel Atwill

Harvey Stephens

Robert Barrat

James Stewart

William Collier Sr.

Bobby Watson

William Demarest

('Red' Maguire)

John Sheehan

Lucien Littlefield

George Chandler

(Sol Hertzberger)

Fuzzy Knight

('Buck' Hawkins)

Louise Henry

(Lillian Hopper)

Robert Warwick

Joe Irving

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Lita Chevret

(Clara - Robins' Secretary (uncredited))

Jeanie Roberts

(Mabel (uncredited))

Theodore von Eltz

(James Spencer Halford (uncredited))

Howard Hickman

(Howard Jennings (uncredited))

Selmer Jackson

(Lt. White - Ballistics Expert (uncredited))

Al Bridge

(Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited))

Heinie Conklin

(Warden's Secretary (uncredited))

Edward Keane

(Joe - Editor (uncredited))

Stanley Andrews

(Police Commissioner (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Man at Defense Table (uncredited))

Charles Trowbridge

(District Attorney (uncredited))

Harry Tyler

(Doc Warren (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited))

Wilbur Mack

(Bartender Questioned by Shorty (uncredited))

Charles Coleman

(Doorman (uncredited))

Irving Bacon

(Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited))