Bureau of Missing Persons

A young woman goes to the police looking for her missing husband. When it turns out her husband is both a murder victim and a bachelor - and that she is the primary suspect - tough cop Butch Saunders comes up with a scheme to crack the case.

Cast

Bette Davis

as Norma Roberts

Lewis Stone

as Police Captain Webb

Pat O'Brien

as Detective Butch Saunders

Glenda Farrell

as Belle Howard Saunders

Allen Jenkins

as Detective Joe Musik

Ruth Donnelly

as Gwendolyn 'Pete' Harris

Hugh Herbert

as Detective Hank Slade

Alan Dinehart

as Therme Roberts

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Paul

Tad Alexander

as Caesar Paul

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