Genius at Work

Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.

Cast

Wally Brown

as Jerry Miles

Alan Carney

as Mike Strager

Anne Jeffreys

as Ellen Brent

Lionel Atwill

as Latimer Marsh / The Cobra

Bela Lugosi

as Stone

Marc Cramer

as Lt. Rick Campbell

Ralph Dunn

as Lt. Gilley

Billy White

as Newsboy (uncredited)

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