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Crime Takes a Holiday is a 1938 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Jefferson Parker, Henry Altimus and Charles Logue. The film stars Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Hohl, Thomas E. Jackson and John Wray. The film was released on October 5, 1938, by Columbia Pictures.
Crime Takes a Holiday: Directed by Lewis D. Collins. With Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton, Douglass Dumbrille. Following the murder of a policeman and unable to get proof against the real killer, District attorney Walter Forbes takes a novel approach to get there.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Lewis D. Collins
- 1938-10-05
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Following the murder of a policeman and unable to get proof against the real killer, District attorney Walter Forbes takes a novel approach to get there. He induces an ex-convict to stand trial for the killing and gets the set-up conviction he wanted.
The working title for this film was Death Takes a Holiday, although it bears no relation to the 1934 Paramout film of the same title.According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, Marcia Ralston replaced Ann Sheridan after Sheridan became ill.
- Lewis D. Collins, J. A. Duffy
- Jack Holt
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