The President's Mystery
The President's Mystery
Release: 1936-09-28
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 5.3
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Republic Pictures
Cast
Evelyn Brent
as Ilka Blake
John Dilson
as Banker (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
as Inspector A.R. Lahey
Betty Furness
as Charlotte Brown
Barnett Parker
as Roger
Arthur Aylesworth
as Joe Reed
Frank O'Connor
as Detective (uncredited)
June Johnson
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
as Phony Townswoman (uncredited)
Clifton Young
as Townsman (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
as Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Parker
as Townsman (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
as James Blake
Sidney Blackmer
as George Sartos
Edward Hearn
as Meeting Moderator (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
as Townsman (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Floyd, the sheriff
John Wray
as Shane
Horace B. Carpenter
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Townsman (uncredited)
John Ince
as Gorman (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
as Diner Cashier (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
as Phony Townsman (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Supporting Role
Si Jenks
as Earl
Guy Usher
as Police Lieutenant
Robert Homans
as Sergeant
George Morrell
as Bartender (uncredited)
John Harrington
as Thug (uncredited)