Overview
Blackmail is an American thriller film first released in 1939,
directed by H.C. Potter.
The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson and Guinn ’Big Boy’ Williams.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
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Director: H.C. Potter
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Script: Endre Bohem, Dorothy Yost, David Hertz, William Ludwig, Brown Holmes, Nathalie Bucknall
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Photo: Clyde De Vinna
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Music: David Snell, Edward Ward
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Cast: Edward G. Robinson (John R. Ingram),
Ruth Hussey (Helen Ingram),
Gene Lockhart (William ’Bill’ Ramey),
Bobs Watson (Hank Ingram),
Guinn ’Big Boy’ Williams (Moose McCarthy),
John Wray (Convict Diggs),
Arthur Hohl (Rawlins),
Esther Dale (Sarah),
Lew Harvey (Workman (scenes deleted)),
Mitchell Lewis (Workman (scenes deleted)),
Louis Natheaux ((scenes deleted)),
Ted Oliver (Workman (scenes deleted)),
Lee Phelps (Guard (scenes deleted)),
Trevor Bardette (Southern Deputy),
Willie Best (Bunny, the Janitor),
Stanley Blystone (Oil Worker),
Wade Boteler (Police Sergeant),
Ed Brady (Prisoner Worrying About Dick Tracy),
Everett Brown (Black Prisoner),
Eddy Chandler (Prisoner Boss Brown),
George Cooper (Released Prisoner Hawley),
Joseph Crehan (Mr. Blaine),
Jack Daley (Policeman),
Frank Darien (Ramey’s Oil-Well Watchman),
Hal K. Dawson (Hotel Desk Clerk),
Joe Dominguez (Pedro),
Harry Fleischmann (Oil Worker),
Robert Homans (Cooper),
Cy Kendall (Southern Sheriff),
Victor Kilian (Warden Frank Miller),
Ethan Laidlaw (Oil Worker),
Robert Middlemass (Desk Sergeant),
Charles Middleton (Southern Deputy),
Art Miles (First Truck Driver),
Ivan Miller (Detective Webber),
Ed Montoya (Juan),
Philip Morris (State Trooper),
James C. Morton (Second Policeman Arresting John),
Gil Perkins (Kearney, Oil Worker Blown Up),
Bob Reeves (Chain Gang Guard),
Cyril Ring (Ramey’s Butler),
Harry Strang (First Policeman),
Harry Tenbrook (Truck Driver at Gas Station),
Joe Whitehead (Oil Worker Anderson),
Leo White (Prisoner)
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Country: USA
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Language: English
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Runtime: 81 min; B&W
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