The Missing Juror

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

Cast

Jim Bannon

as Joe Keats

Janis Carter

as Alice Hill

George Macready

as Harry Wharton / Jerome K. Bentley

Jean Stevens

as Tex Tuttle

Joseph Crehan

as Willard Apple / Falstaff

Cliff Clark

as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)

Mike Mazurki

as Cullie, Steam Room Attendant (Uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Chief of Detectives at Line-Up (Uncredited)

George Anderson

as Wharton Attorney (Uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

as Town Sheriff (Uncredited)

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