When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
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Reginald Denny
Greg Stone
Inez Courtney
Linda Sands
Jack La Rue
Smiley Clark
Hugh Marlowe
Edward Forrest
Evelyn Brent
Beverly Blake
Claude King
Ellis Holden
Bryant Washburn
Norman Carter
Robert Homans
Police Lt. O'Neill
Crauford Kent
Bob Bennett
Robert Frazer
Lloyd Schaefer, Stage Manager
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