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Bureau of Missing Persons is an American crime film first released in 1933,
directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The film stars Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O’Brien, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins.
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Credits
- Director: Roy Del Ruth
- Script: John H. Ayers, Carol Bird, Robert Presnell Sr.
- Photo: Barney McGill
- Music: Bernhard Kaun
- Cast: Bette Davis (Norma Roberts), Lewis Stone (Captain Webb), Pat O’Brien (Detective Butch Saunders), Glenda Farrell (Belle Howard Saunders), Allen Jenkins (Det. Joe Musik), Ruth Donnelly (Gwendolyn ’Pete’ Harris), Hugh Herbert (Detective Hank Slade), Alan Dinehart (Therme Roberts), Marjorie Gateson (Mrs. Paul), Tad Alexander (Caesar Paul), Noel Francis (Alice Crane), Wallis Clark (Mr. Paul), Adrian Morris (Detective Irish Conlin), Clay Clement (Burton C. Kingman), Henry Kolker (Mr. Theodore Arno), Harry Beresford (Bureau Client (scenes deleted)), George Chandler (Homer Howard), Jack Baxley (Homicide Detective), Harry C. Bradley (Mr. Newberry), Hobart Cavanaugh (Mr. Harris), G. Pat Collins (Man Who Will Kill Wife’s Lover), Frank Darien (Man Identifying Daughter’s Photo), Sol Gorss (Dock Worker), Grace Hayle (Lady Who Wants Her Cook Back), John Hyams (Apartment House Owner), Edward Keane (Hotel Manager), Edward McWade (Tom, the Dock Watchman), Jean Muir (Louise Kane, the Suicide Victim), Edward Pawley (Waterfront Diner Wanting Sugar), Dewey Robinson (Waterfront Diner Wanting Salt), Christian Rub (Apartment House Manager), Charles Sellon (Funeral Director), John Sheehan (Tom, the Morgue Attendant), Tom Wilson (Tony, Investigator), Jack Wise (Mr. Engel, the Press Agent)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 73 min; B&W
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