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Jim Hanvey, Detective
Jim Hanvey, Detective

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Sly but not slick - Jim Hanvey tops them all! Guy Kibbee ....his most loveable role!

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MysteryActionCrimeRomance

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

71 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

05 April 1937

Country

United States of America

Cast

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Don Terry

Lucie Kaye

Lucie Kaye

Joan Frost

Catherine Doucet

Catherine Doucet

Adelaide Frost

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

O. R.Smith

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Romo

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Mrs. Tom Ellis

Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz

Dunn

Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson

W. B. Elwood

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Herbert Frost

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

Lambert

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Davis

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Editor

Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Sheriff Garrett

Harry Tyler

Harry Tyler

Taxi Driver

Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Pete

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Brackett

Richard Beach

Richard Beach

Bit (uncredited)

William Benedict

William Benedict

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Lillian Elliott

Lillian Elliott

Society Woman (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Fern Emmett

Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)

Sam Flint

Sam Flint

Bit (uncredited)

Gladys Gale

Gladys Gale

Society Woman (uncredited)

June Johnson

June Johnson

June (uncredited)

Dick Rush

Dick Rush

Policeman (uncredited)

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