''Man Hunt'' is a 1933 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...

mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...

directed by

Irving Cummings Irving Cummings (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy''. His Broadway theatre, Broadway, p ...

and written by Sam Mintz and Leonard Praskins. The film stars

Junior Durkin Trent "Junior" Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American stage and film actor. Career Trent Bernard Durkin was born in New York City in 1915. He began his acting career in theater as a child. Durkin first appeared in films in 1930, p ...

Charlotte Henry Charlotte Virginia Henry (March 3, 1914 – April 11, 1980) was an American actress who is best remembered for her roles in ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1933) and '' Babes in Toyland'' (1934). She also starred in the Frank Buck serial '' Jun ...

Dorothy Davenport Fannie Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Born into a family of film performers, Davenport had her own independent career before her marriage to the film a ...

, Arthur Vinton and

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and Film director, director whose career began in the silent film, silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes ...

. The film was released on May 24, 1933, by

RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, is an American film production and distribution company, historically one of the major film studios, "Big Five" film studios of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood's Clas ...

Plot

Teenager Junior Scott has a passion for mysteries and detective stories and he has been fired from many jobs because of it. One day, he is given the chance to live his passion when one of his neighbors, who has a daughter about his age, is murdered in an unexplained situation. The victim's secret is that he was a fugitive, charged for a heist he didn't commit. The detective in charge of the investigation allows Junior to help out, but it is soon clear that he has sinister motives.

Cast

as William 'Junior' Scott, Jr. *

as Josie Woodward *

as Mrs. Scott * Arthur Vinton as James J. Wilkie *

as Henry Woodward *

Richard Carle Richard Carle (born Charles Nicholas Carleton, July 7, 1871 – June 28, 1941) was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright and stage director. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1941. Carle was born in Some ...

as Sheriff Bascom * Carl Gross as Abraham Jones

References

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* * * 1933 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Irving Cummings 1933 mystery films American mystery films RKO Pictures films 1930s American films Films scored by Howard Jackson (composer) English-language mystery films {{mystery-film-stub