Exclusive (1937)

The story of a big-city crusading newspaper editor, Tod Swain (Charles Ruggles),who placed principle and honest journalism ahead of life itself, only to have his own daughter, Vina Swain (Frances Farmer), undo his work. Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan, a corrupt politician, sets out to wreak vengeance on Swain's reformist newspaper, by establishing his own scandal-sheet, yellow journalism tabloid which he uses for muck-raking and blackmail purposes. He tries to lure Swain and his best reporter, Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray) by offering them highly-tempting salaries, but they both remain loyal to the large circulation paper they had help build. When Vina, sweetheart of Houston, hears of this she is furious. Unable to understand the principles of her father and sweetheart, she accepts the position of investigative reporter on Gillette's paper. She soon becomes the newspaper sensation of the town. Gillette uses her ability to dig up, of the past, a story of one of the town's most-respected merchants. causing him to commit suicide. Swain's publisher forces him to write the story of the suicide. Sticking to his principle of clean and accurate journalism, he begins the story with the dramatic sentence: Tonight, my daughter killed a man. When Vina's usefulness becomes outlived by Gillette, he decides to have her "put out of the way", fearful that she will reveal the extent of his corruption.

Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Alexander Hall

Writer(s):

Jack Moffitt, Sidney Salkow, Rian James

Starring:

Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden, Ralph Morgan, Edward H. Robins, Harlan Briggs, Willard Robertson, Horace McMahon, William Mansell, Steve Pendleton, Chester Clute, Irving Bacon, Frank Bruno, James Blakeley, Sam Hayes, Mariska Aldrich, Ricca Allen, Richard Allen, William Arnold, Sam Ash, Benny Bartlett, Jack Chapin, Jack Cheatham, Edward Churchill, Ethel Clayton, Joe Cunningham, Jack Daley, Max Davidson, Joe De Stefani, Jimmy Dime, Margaret Fealy, Almeda Fowler, Billy Franey, Mack Gray, Frank Hammond, Harry Hayden, Edward Hearn, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Tex Higginson, Carol Holloway, Erskine Johnson, John Kelly, Billy Lee, Ann Marsters, Robert Milasch, Frances Morris, Spec O'Donnell, Frank Puglia, James Quinn, Dick Rush, Lou Salter, Allan Sears, Antrim Short, Gertrude Simpson, Libby Taylor, Ray Turner, Pat West, Cornel Wilde, Gloria Williams, Charlene Wyatt

Producer(s):

Benjamin Glazer

Release Info:

Release Date: August 6, 1937 (USA) | Length: 85 min | Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Certificate: Approved | Note(s): Based on the play "The Roaring Girl" by Jack Moffitt.

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