The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case by Lloyd Bacon

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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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Cast

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell as Maizie Dickson

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell as Martin Collins

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne as Mrs. Marcia Ferguson

Adrienne Dore

Adrienne Dore as Antoinette 'Toni' Martin

Tom Brown

Tom Brown as Bruce Foster

Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson as Bob Parks

Leslie Fenton

Leslie Fenton as Perrin

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel as Mr. Brooks

Walter Miller

Walter Miller as Cedric Works

Purnell Pratt

Purnell Pratt as George M. Ferguson

Willard Robertson

Willard Robertson as Sheriff

George Meeker

George Meeker as Jigger Bolton

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton as Rusty Callahan

George McFarland

George McFarland as Newsboy

Leon Ames

Leon Ames as Judd Brooks

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish as Claude Wright

William Burress

William Burress as Dad Sipes

Clarence Wilson

Clarence Wilson as County Attorney

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson as Banker Craig

Kathrin Clare Ward

Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother

George Chandler

George Chandler as Depot Loafer (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters as Fire Chief (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis as O'Toole (uncredited)

Mike Donlin

Mike Donlin as Photographer (uncredited)

James Ellison

James Ellison as Reporter Lane (uncredited)

George Irving

George Irving as Reporter (uncredited)

Si Jenks

Si Jenks as Gas Station Man (uncredited)

Allan Lane

Allan Lane as Reporter (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

Miriam Seegar

Miriam Seegar as Mrs. Judd Brooks (uncredited)

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