Heartaches

Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?

Cast

Sheila Ryan

as Toni Wentworth

Edward Norris

as Jimmy McDonald, Evening Telegram Reporter

Chill Wills

as 'Breezie' Mann

Kenneth Farrell

as Vic Morton (as Ken Farrell)

James Seay

as Lt. Dan Armstrong, Homicide

Frank Orth

as Mike Connelly, Vic's Agent

Chili Williams

as Sally, Morton's Secretary

Lash LaRue

as DeLong aka Trigger Malone (as Al LaRue)

Charles Mitchell

as Pete Schilling - Magestic Studio Chief

Phyllis Planchard

as Lila Fairchild

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