The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine is a 1942 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus
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The film is also known as Unforgotten Crime (American TV title).
Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus was an American film director born in New York City.The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures...
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The film is also known as Unforgotten Crime (American TV title).
Plot summary
To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe) encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy Valentine, who is reportedly retired. Jason and co worker Cleo Arden, not Eve, ( played by Gloria Dickson) lead the hunt . which takes them to a small and previously quiet town. There is little tough guy Mousey (George Stone, who else ?), who becomes over zealous over the possibility of winning the reward. There is Bonnie (Ruth Terry), Mike's teen girlfriend , who adds further mayhem. The original film was cut to 54 minutes due to its' B movie billing and later television. At times. scenes may seem unconnected, for that reason. This movie is a comedy, crime drama.Cast
- Dennis O'KeefeDennis O'KeefeDennis O'Keefe was an American actor. Born as Edward Vance Flanagan he was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States...
as Mike Jason - Ruth Terry as Bonnie Forbes
- Gloria DicksonGloria DicksonGloria Dickson was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s.-Life and career:Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Dickson began acting during high school in amateur theatre productions. Encouraged by her acting coaches, she moonlighted doing dramatic readings at social clubs and on KFOX...
as Cleo Arden - Roman BohnenRoman BohnenRoman Bohnen was a stage and film actor.Born Roman Aloys Bohnen in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bohnen attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a cheerleader. He cheered so vigorously that it changed his voice for the rest of his life. After graduating in 1923 with a B.A., Roman served his...
as Tom Forbes / Jimmy Valentine - George E. StoneGeorge E. StoneGeorge E. Stone was a Polish-born American character actor in movies, radio, and television.-Career:Stone's slight build and very expressive face first attracted attention in 1927, in the popular silent-film romance Seventh Heaven...
as Mousey - Spencer ChartersSpencer ChartersSpencer Charters was an American film actor. He appeared in over 220 films between 1920 and 1943.He was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, and died in Hollywood, California by suicide, from a mix of sleeping pills and carbon monoxide poisoning.His first stage work soon after leaving school was a...
as Cheevers Snow - William B. DavidsonWilliam B. DavidsonWilliam B. Davidson was an American film actor. He attended Columbia University where he played football. He became a popular football star. This fame eventually led to his foray into motion pictures after he had spent some time as a lawyer...
as Cyrus Ballard - Roscoe AtesRoscoe AtesRoscoe Ates was an actor and musician in primarily western films and television.-Early years:Ates was born in the rural hamlet of Grange, Mississippi, northwest of Hattiesburg. Grange is no longer included on road maps...
as Dan Kady - Bobby Larson as Mickey Forbes
- Joe Cunningham as Charles Stanton
- Harry ShannonHarry ShannonHarry Shannon is an American novelist, songwriter and entertainer. He was born Harry Rivard Siebert in Reno, Nevada, to Dr. William L. Siebert and Belle Elizabeth Cazier. He has a brother, Dwight Siebert, and a sister, Marsha Desiderio. Shannon was married from 1978 to 1988 to Swiss singer...
as Pinky - Jed Prouty as Maxwell B. Titus
- Patsy ParsonsPatsy ParsonsPatrica Parsons , better known as Patsy Parsons, sometimes credited as Patsy Lee Parsons, was an American character actress who appeared in about a dozen films beginning in 1937 at the age of six. Ms. Parsons was born in Parkersburg, W.Va,. but moved to Hollywood at age 5...
as Marlene Titus - Linda Brent as Letitia Hinkle
- Wade BotelerWade BotelerWade Boteler was an American film actor. He appeared in over 430 films between 1919 and 1943.He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
as Warden Carl Jones - Emmett VoganEmmett VoganEmmett Vogan was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934–1954, making him one of the most prolific actors of all time.-External links:...
as District Attorney - Ray ErlenbornRay ErlenbornRay Erlenborn was an American vaudevillian, voice actor and sound effects artist. He is known to audiences all around the world as the voice of Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh....
as Sound Effects Man - Olaf HyttenOlaf HyttenOlaf Hytten was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1955.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack...
as Butler - Lois CollierLois CollierLois Collier was an American film actress born in Salley, South Carolina. She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer....
as Receptionist - William "Billy" Benedict as Bellboy
- Dorothy ChristyDorothy ChristyDorothy Christy was an American actress. She acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert , in the role of Mrs Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial...
as Mrs. Updyke - Guy Usher as Inspector
- Douglas Evans as Announcer
- Sven Hugo BorgSven Hugo Borg-Biography:Sven Hugo Borg was born in Vinslöv, Skåne län, Sweden. Early in his career, Borg was a secretary with the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles. While working at the consulate he met the actress Greta Garbo who had recently arrived in Hollywood. Garbo asked Borg to be her interpreter for an...
as Olaf - Al BridgeAl BridgeAl Bridge was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954...
as Trustee - Fred Burns as Westerner
- Mary Davenport as Hotel Telephone Operator
- Virginia Farmer as Mrs. Brighton
- Dick Elliott as Tim Miller
- Charles Williams as The Pitchman
- Mary Currier as Felice Winters
- Joel Friedkin
- Jack RaymondJack RaymondJack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films...
as Hot Dog Man - Jimmie Fox as Window Cleaner
- Edmund CobbEdmund CobbEdmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor. He appeared in 623 films between 1912 and 1966.He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack...
as Sergeant - Frank Fanning as Wilbur
- Ben HallBen Hall (actor)Benjamin Joseph Hall was an American actor who started performing as a boy and worked for three and a half decades, mainly in small parts....
as Attendant - Ralph Peters
- Sada Simmons
- Morgan Brown
- Margaret Marquis
- Rand Brooks