The Mysterious Miss X

After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

Cast

Michael Whalen

as Keith Neville

Lynne Roberts

as Julie Graham (as Mary Hart)

Chick Chandler

as Dan 'Scooter' Casey

Mabel Todd

as Annie Botts

Frank M. Thomas

as District Attorney Al Ross

Regis Toomey

as Jack Webster

Donald Douglas

as Clarence Fredericks

Wade Boteler

as Police Chief T. J. McDougal

Dorothy Tree

as Alma Platt

Eddie Acuff

as Pete, a Policeman

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