''The Voice of the City'' is a 1929 American

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film by

Willard Mack Willard Mack (September 18, 1873 – November 18, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright. Life and career He was born Charles Willard McLaughlin in Morrisburg, Ontario. At an early age his family moved to Brooklyn, New ...

and starring Robert Ames. Modeled on a stage play, it is not related to the story of the same name by O. Henry.''Voice of the City'' details
silentera.com; accessed January 26, 2016. The film became available on DVD on January 31, 2012 from the Warner Archive collection.

Premise

A young man is accused of murder and a master detective is set to track him down and uncover conclusive evidence of his guilt, but the more he works on the case, the more he becomes convinced that the accused is not the real killer. He discovers that the murder was committed by a notorious gangster who's attempting to frame the boy.

Cast

* Robert Ames - Bobby Doyle * Jim Farley - Inspector Wilmot *

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- Beebe *

- Detective Biff Myers *Clark Marshall - Johnny the Hop aka Snow Bird *

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- Mary Doyle * Tom McGuire - Detective Kelly *

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- Don Wilkes *Alice Moe - Martha * Beatrice Banyard - Betsy

References

External links

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''Voice of the City''; allmovie.com/ synopsis
1929 films American films based on plays American detective films American mystery films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1920s English-language films 1929 crime films American crime films 1929 mystery films Films directed by Willard Mack 1920s American films {{1920s-crime-film-stub