Summary
Afraid to Talk is an American film first released in 1932,
directed by Edward L. Cahn.
The film stars Sidney Fox, Eric Linden, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhern and George Meeker.
It has also been released under the title: Merry-Go-Round.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edward L. Cahn
- Script: Albert Maltz, George Sklar, Tom Reed
- Photo: Karl Freund
- Music: James Dietrich
- Cast: Sidney Fox (Peggy Martin), Eric Linden (Eddie Martin), Tully Marshall (Dist. Atty. Anderson), Louis Calhern (Asst. Dist. Atty. John Wade), George Meeker (Lenny Collins), Robert Warwick (Jake Stranskey), Berton Churchill (Mayor Manning), Edward Arnold (Jig Skelli), Mayo Methot (Marge Winters), J. Carrol Naish ((replaced by Matt Mc Hugh)), Matt McHugh (Joe Skelli), Thomas E. Jackson (Deputy Benchley), Frank Sheridan (Police Commissioner Garvey), Ian Maclaren (Chief Frank Hyers), Gustav von Seyffertitz (Harry Berger), Reginald Barlow (Judge MacMurray), Edward Martindel (Mayor Jamison), Joyce Compton (Alice), John Ince (Bill (detective)), George Chandler (Pete (bellhop)), Arthur Housman (Archie (drunk)), King Baggot (Police officer), Joe Bonomo (Party guest), Walter Brennan (Sign carrier), Lynton Brent (Wade’s secretary), Ralph Brooks (Reporter), Thomas Carrigan (Burns), Lita Chevret (Molly), G. Pat Collins (Archie), Kernan Cripps (Arresting detective), Jack Dougherty (Third-degree detective), James Eagles (Sam (bellhop)), Jim Farley (Police Sergeant), William Farrel (Third-degree detective #1), Olin Francis (Prison hospital guard), Clarence Geldart (Third-degre doctor), Charles Giblyn (Doctor), Huntley Gordon (Governor), Dorothy Granger (Kippie), Pat Harmon (Prison patient), Robert Homans (Third-degree detective), Perry Ivins (Unemployed man), Gladden James (Reporter), Lew Kelly (Mailman), William J. Kelly (Third-degree detective), Fred Kohler Jr. (Max (elevator operator)), Margaret Lindsay (Bit part), Lew Meehan (Jail official), Monte Montague (Electrician), Frances Morris (Miss Sheridan (nurse)), Robert Morris (Third-degree detective #2), Lee Phelps (Taxi driver), Hal Price (Arresting detective), Lorin Raker (Mike), Jack Richardson (Editor), Philip Sleeman (Prison patient), Ben Taggart (Det. Burke), Harry Tenbrook (Spike (henchman)), Edward Thomas (Bartender), William Wagner (Reporter)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 69 min; B&W
- Aka: Merry-Go-Round
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