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The President's Mystery

(1936)

September 28, 1936• 1h 20m
53%
TMDB Score

Overview

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him

Phil Rosen

Director

Top Billed Cast

HW

Henry Wilcoxon

James Blake

BF

Betty Furness

Charlotte Brown

SB

Sidney Blackmer

George Sartos

EB

Evelyn Brent

Ilka Blake

BP

Barnett Parker

Roger

MR

Mel Ruick

Andrew

WB

Wade Boteler

Floyd, the sheriff

SJ

Si Jenks

Earl

JW

John Wray

Shane

GU

Guy Usher

Police Lieutenant