The Famous Ferguson Case
The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

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1932
1h 14m
6.6(7 votes)
Crime
Drama

Overview

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

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First National Pictures

Cast & Crew

30 members
Acting

Joan Blondell

Maizie Dickson

Joan Blondell
Acting

Grant Mitchell

Martin Collins

Grant Mitchell
Acting

Vivienne Osborne

Mrs. Marcia Ferguson

Vivienne Osborne
Acting

Adrienne Dore

Antoinette 'Toni' Martin

Adrienne Dore
Acting

Tom Brown

Bruce Foster

Tom Brown
Acting

Kenneth Thomson

Bob Parks

Kenneth Thomson
Acting

Leslie Fenton

Perrin

Leslie Fenton
Acting

Oscar Apfel

Mr. Brooks

Oscar Apfel
Acting

Walter Miller

Cedric Works

Walter Miller
Acting

Purnell Pratt

George M. Ferguson

Purnell Pratt
Acting

Willard Robertson

Sheriff

Willard Robertson
Acting

George Meeker

Jigger Bolton

George Meeker
Acting

Russell Hopton

Rusty Callahan

Russell Hopton
Acting

George McFarland

Newsboy

George McFarland
Acting

Leon Ames

Judd Brooks

Leon Ames
Acting

J. Carrol Naish

Claude Wright

J. Carrol Naish
Acting

William Burress

Dad Sipes

William Burress
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Clarence Wilson

County Attorney

Clarence Wilson
Acting

Russell Simpson

Banker Craig

Russell Simpson
Acting

Kathrin Clare Ward

Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother

Kathrin Clare Ward
Acting

George Chandler

Depot Loafer (uncredited)

George Chandler
Acting

Spencer Charters

Fire Chief (uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Acting

Dick Curtis

O'Toole (uncredited)

Dick Curtis
Acting

Mike Donlin

Photographer (uncredited)

Mike Donlin
Acting

James Ellison

Reporter Lane (uncredited)

James Ellison
Acting

George Irving

Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving
Acting

Si Jenks

Gas Station Man (uncredited)

Si Jenks
Acting

Allan Lane

Reporter (uncredited)

Allan Lane
Acting

Claire McDowell

Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

Claire McDowell
Acting

Miriam Seegar

Mrs. Judd Brooks (uncredited)

Miriam Seegar

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