City of Missing Girls

City of Missing Girls
City of Missing Girls
Directed by	Elmer Clifton
Written by	Elmer Clifton (story); Oliver Drake (screenplay) and; George Rosener (screenplay)
Produced by	Max Alexander (producer); George M. Merrick (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Edward Linden
Edited by	Charles Henkel Jr.
Music by	Marvin Hatley
Release date	27 March 1941;
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

City of Missing Girls is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.[1][2]

Plot

The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being found dead. Intrepid female newspaper reporter Nora Page's investigations reveal a link between the girls and the Crescent School of Fine Arts owned by gangster King Peterson, who is using the school as a front for a recruiting center for his nightclub "entertainers". Things become more complex when Nora's father is connected with Peterson and her boyfriend James Horton is photographed in embarrassing circumstances with a woman found murdered after the photo was taken. Peterson shoots Nora's father to death in front of witnesses, and we conclude with she and Horton reading a newspaper article about Peterson's execution.

Cast

H. B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh
Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page
John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph
Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson
George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan
Kathryn Crawford as Helen Whitney
Patricia Knox as Kate Nelson
Walter Long as Police Officer Larkin
Gale Storm as Mary Phillips
Boyd Irwin as Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
Danny Webb as William 'Bill' Short, Photographer
Herb Vigran as Danny Mason

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "An awkward murder mystery."[3]

References

"City of Missing Girls (1941)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.
"City of Missing Girls (1941) - Elmer Clifton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
"City of Missing Girls". TV Guide.

External links

City of Missing Girls at IMDb
City of Missing Girls is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "City of Missing Girls (1941)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.

[2] "City of Missing Girls (1941) - Elmer Clifton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.

[3] "City of Missing Girls". TV Guide.