They Asked For It

May. 20,1939      
Rating:
3.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals and begins looking into the strange death of an old hermit who lived on the fringe of town.

William Lundigan as  Steve Lewis
Joy Hodges as  Mary Lou Carroll
Michael Whalen as  Howard Adams
Isabel Jewell as  Molly Herkimer
Lyle Talbot as  Marty Collins
Thomas Beck as  Dr. Peter Sparks
Spencer Charters as  Chief Lawson
James Bush as  Tucker Tyler
Charles Halton as  Dr. Tyler

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Reviews

GamerTab
1939/05/20

That was an excellent one.

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HeadlinesExotic
1939/05/21

Boring

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Lidia Draper
1939/05/22

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Scarlet
1939/05/23

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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