Headline Crasher

August. 04,1937      NR
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crasher. Little Frankie and Big Kane play a pair of roving journalists who investigate a politician (Richard Tucker) up for re-election. When it seems as though the politico is being set up for a fall by yellow journalists, Darro and Richmond try to get to the truth of the matter. The original story for Headline Crasher is credited to Peter B. Kyne, creator of the "Broncho Billy" western stories.

Frankie Darro as  James 'Jimmy' Forbush Tallant, Jr.
Kane Richmond as  Lawrence 'Larry' Deering
Muriel Evans as  Edith Arlen
Richard Tucker as  Sen. James Tallant
John Merton as  Tony Scarlotti
Eleanor Stewart as  Helen
Edward Earle as  Atwood
Harry Harvey as  City Editor

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