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Held for Ransom (1938)
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17 June 1938 (USA) moreTagline:
MEET MISS FEDERAL AGENT! She starts where all others fall! (original poster) moreUser Comments:
Who's On First? moreCast
(Credited cast) | Blanche Mehaffey | ... | Betty Mason |
| Grant Withers | ... | Larry Scott |
| Bruce Warren | ... | Don - Larry's Pal |
| Jack Mulhall | ... | Det. J.J. Morrison |
| Kenneth Harlan | ... | Boss McBride |
| Harry Harvey | ... | Mole, Henchman |
| Eddie Foster | ... | Joe - Kidnapper (as Edward Foster) |
| Walter McGrail | ... | Det. Donnelly |
| Moore Marriott | ... | Sam Hathaway (as George Moore) |
| Robert McKenzie | ... | Jed - Storekeeper |
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Cedar Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USAFAQ
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Confusingly plotted and edited, 'Held For Ransom' rather amusingly plows through piles and piles of backstory (mainly through screaming headlines) about a top exec's kidnapping. Soon, the cops and G-men are all on the case. Problem is, you have to really pay attention to who is what, who's the bad guy and who's the good guy. As a matter of fact, when an informant is gotten rid of at the beginning of the movie, you don't know whether he's a good guy or bad guy, and whether the people rubbing him out are too. Soon, a female G.I. is dispatched on the case and she proceeds to help figure out the case of where the exec is, the ransom money that has disappeared, while carefully avoiding the lusty stares of some police flackey.. By the end, you sort of know what's going on, and it all ends rather movie serialishly. Key notes here, it's nice to have a female heroine for a movie like this.. Also, check out the classic crane scoop game in the hotel scene! Classic!