

Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05 · 71 min · ★ 6.5
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
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- Directors
- Phil Rosen
- Production companies
- Republic Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Guy KibbeeJames Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey
Tom BrownDon Terry
Lucie KayeJoan Frost
Catherine DoucetAdelaide Frost
Edward GarganO. R.Smith
Edward BrophyRomo
Helen Jerome EddyMrs. Tom Ellis
Theodore von EltzDunn
Kenneth ThomsonW. B. Elwood
Howard HickmanHerbert Frost
Oscar ApfelLambert
Wade BotelerDavis
Robert Emmett KeaneEditor
Robert HomansSheriff Garrett
Harry TylerTaxi Driver
Frank DarienPete
Charles WilliamsBrackett
William BenedictCopy Boy (uncredited)
Lillian ElliottSociety Woman (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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