Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
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- 1h 13min
- Comedy, Crime
- 16 Sep 1933 (USA)
- Movie
A sweet blonde goes to the police looking for her missing husband. When it turns out her husband is both a murder victim and a bachelor - and that the blonde is suspect #1, tough cop Butch Saunders comes up with a scheme to crack the case.
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Cast verified as complete
| Bette Davis | ... |
Norma Roberts
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| Lewis Stone | ... |
Capt. Webb
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| Pat O'Brien | ... |
Butch Saunders
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| Glenda Farrell | ... |
Belle Saunders
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| Allen Jenkins | ... |
Joe Musik
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| Ruth Donnelly | ... |
Pete
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| Hugh Herbert | ... |
Hank Slade
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| Alan Dinehart | ... |
Therme Roberts
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| Marjorie Gateson | ... |
Mrs. Paul
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| Tad Alexander | ... |
Caesar Paul
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| Noel Francis | ... |
Alice Crane
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| Wallis Clark | ... |
Mr. Paul
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Adrian Morris | ... |
Detective Irish Conlin
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| Clay Clement | ... |
Burton C. Kingman
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| Henry Kolker | ... |
Theodore Arno
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| Harry Beresford | ... |
Bureau Client (scenesDeleted)
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| George Chandler | ... |
Homer Howard
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Jack Baxley | ... |
Homicide Detective (uncredited)
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| Harry C. Bradley | ... |
Mr. Newberry (uncredited)
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| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... |
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
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| G. Pat Collins | ... |
Man Who Will Kill Wife's Lover (uncredited)
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| Frank Darien | ... |
Man Identifying Daughter's Photo (uncredited)
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| Sol Gorss | ... |
Dock Worker (uncredited)
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| Grace Hayle | ... |
Lady Who Wants Her Cook Back (uncredited)
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John Hyams | ... |
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
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Edward Keane | ... |
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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| Edward McWade | ... |
Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
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| Jean Muir | ... |
Louise Kane (uncredited)
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| Edward Pawley | ... |
Waterfront Diner Wanting Sugar (uncredited)
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| Dewey Robinson | ... |
Waterfront Diner Wanting Salt (uncredited)
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| Christian Rub | ... |
Apartment House Custodian (uncredited)
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| Charles Sellon | ... |
Funeral Director (uncredited)
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| John Sheehan | ... |
Tom--Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Tony - Investigator (uncredited)
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Jack Wise | ... |
Mr. Engel - Press Agent (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Roy Del Ruth | ||
Written by
| Robert Presnell Sr. | ... | (screen play) (as Robert Presnell) |
| John H. Ayers | ... | (story "Missing Men") (as John H. Ayres) & |
| Carol Bird | ... | (story "Missing Men") |
Produced by
| Henry Blanke | ... | supervising producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Barney McGill | ||
Editing by
| James Gibbon | ||
Casting By
| Maxwell Arnow | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Robert M. Haas | ||
Costume Design by
| Orry-Kelly | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Chuck Hansen | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Emmett Emerson | ... | props (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| J.H. Carter | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Green | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
| Homer Van Pelt | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| William P. Whitley | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| William Forsyth | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
| William Maybery | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Leo F. Forbstein | ... | conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra |
| Bernhard Kaun | ... | composer: title music (uncredited) / composer: trailer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- First National Pictures (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1933) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1933) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- City Film (1933) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. First National Pictures (1933) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work. He regards the assignment as "kindergarten" work. When a young woman asks him to help locate her husband, Therme, he learns that she is really Norma Phillips, wanted by Chicago police for murder of her husband. She escapes, but Saunders borrows a corpse from the morgue to arrange her fake funeral. The trap brings the woman and Therme to the mortuary out of curiosity.
Written by Ed Stephan |
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| Taglines | SHAME is responsible for the "amnesia" plague which has swept America! See how cases of lost memory are faked so betrayed girls can face the world again! Learn the truth about runaway wives, "lost" women, vanished men in this blazing drama of the super-sleuths who are smashing the snatch racket! (Print Ad- Philadelphia Inquirer, ((Philadelphia, Penna.)) 27 September 1933) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | To promote the film, Warner Bros. issued a statement that it would pay $10,000 to Joseph F. Crater--a prominent New York City judge who disappeared in August of 1930--if he would come to see the movie at the box office. Crater never came, and his disappearance remains unsolved. See more » |
| Goofs | Butch tells Capt. Webb he found Caesar on a roof on 10th Avenue, which is on the west side of Manhattan. However from shots from the roof, the Manhattan Bridge is visible, which spans the East River from Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. The bridge is too close for the rooftop to be on 10th Avenue. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Special Agent (1935). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The opening credits are presented as papers from a file cabinet. A man's hand turns each paper and put's it back in the file. See more » |
| Quotes |
Butch Saunders:
I betcha a dollar six bits. See more » |