Badge of Honor is a 1934 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall and Betty Blythe. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for distribution by Mayfair Pictures.[1] Crabbe was loaned out from Paramount Pictures for the production. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
Plot
Reporter Bob Gordon is hired by the owner of a newspaper to try and rescue it from deliberate attempts at sabotage driven by a rival acting in league with the paper's own editor.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Bob Gordon
- Ruth Hall as Helen Brewster
- Ralph Lewis as Randall Brewster
- Betty Blythe as Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
- John Trent as Harvey Larkin, City Editor
- Ernie Adams as 'Tip' Crane
- Allan Cavan as Preston, the Lawyer
- Charles McAvoy as 'Trim' Fuller
- Broderick O'Farrell as Howard Kent
- William Arnold as Andrew Comstock
References
- ^ Pitts p.239
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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