''Go-Get-'Em, Haines'' is a 1936 American

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directed by

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. It was

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's last non-

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role.

Plot

Ace reporter Steve Haines is on the trail of Edward Baldwin, the former head of a public utilities company that has bankrupted and defrauded its investors out of their life savings. Haines trails Baldwin to an ocean liner where he is planning to flee to Europe. During the voyage Haines is impressed by the company on the ship, including a famous actor and his singing daughter and a gangster. Haines organises a

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to entertain the passengers using his new acquaintances and convinces Baldwin to take a role playing a man who is murdered. Prior to going on the stage the fake revolver is replaced with a real one.

Cast

as Steve Haines * Sheila Terry as Jane Kent *

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as Gloria Palmer *

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as Ship Captain Ward *

LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota, on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fi ...

as Tony Marchetti *

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as Reggie Parks *

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as Henry Kent *

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as John Graham, posing as Frank Marion *

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as Lindner, the Steward

Production

The film was shot on an actual liner travelling from Los Angeles to Panama.Turner Classic Movies
Famed in his Western role of

, Bill Boyd appeared in three 1936 films of non Western genre for Winchester Productions all produced by George A. Hirliman, directed by Sam Newfield, and released by

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. The other films were Burning Gold (1936 film) and

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Soundtrack

*Eleanor Hunt - "Oh Willie, Oh Willie, Come Back" (Written by Bernie Grossman and Sam Perry) *Eleanor Hunt - "I'm So Sorry We Ever Met" (Written by Bernie Grossman and Sam Perry)

Home media

''Go-Get-'Em, Haines'' is now in the public domain. It is available from Alpha Video on a double-bill with ''

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''. The film can also be viewed and downloaded for free via the

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Notes

External links

* * 1936 films 1930s mystery films American mystery films American black-and-white films Films set on ships Republic Pictures films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1930s American films English-language mystery films {{1930s-US-film-stub