The Speed Reporter
The Speed Reporter is a 1936 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters and Richard Cramer. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Reliable Pictures.
Plot
In a crime-ridden city, a gangster moves to increase his control over the various illegal rackets, with the support of a corrupt editor of a newspaper. A cub reporter on a rival takes on the challenge to smash the mob.Cast
- Richard Talmadge as Dick Lawrence
- Luana Walters as May
- Richard Cramer as Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin
- Frank Hall Crane as Roger Renfrew
- Robert Walker (actor, [born 1888)|Robert Walker] as Stanley - City Editor
- John Ince as Publisher Madison
- Earl Dwire as Publisher John Parker
- George Chesebro as Blackie Smith
- Ed [Cassidy (actor)|Ed Cassidy] as Edwards, a Henchman
- James Sheridan as Henchman Gat
- Victor Adamson as Henchman Butch
- Eddie Davis as Jim - Press Reporter
- William McCall as Hotel Doorman
- Otto Metzetti as Henchman Chip
- Victor Metzetti as Henchman Louie
- Dorothy Vernon as Miss Edwards