The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
1h 14m
Running Time
April 19, 1932Release Date
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
1h 14m
Running Time
April 19, 1932Release Date
Plot.
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Joan Blondell
Maizie Dickson
Grant Mitchell
Martin Collins
Vivienne Osborne
Marcia Ferguson
Tom Brown
Bruce Foster
Adrienne Dore
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Kenneth Thomson
Bob Parks
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Leslie Fenton
Perrin
Courtney Terrett
Writer
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Brooks
Harvey F. Thew
Writer
Walter Miller
Cedric Works
Devereaux Jennings
Cinematographer
Purnell Pratt
George M. Ferguson
Willard Robertson
Sheriff
Howard Bretherton
Editor
George Meeker
Jigger Bolton
Russell Hopton
Rusty Callahan
George McFarland
Newsboy
Leon Ames
Judd Brooks
J. Carrol Naish
Claude Wright
William Burgess
Dad Sipes
Clarence Wilson
County Attorney
Russell Simpson
Banker Craig
Kathrin Clare Ward
Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother
George Chandler
Depot Loafer (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Fire Chief (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
O'Toole (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Photographer (uncredited)
James Ellison
Reporter Lane (uncredited)
George Irving
Reporter (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Gas Station Man (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
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The Famous Ferguson Case is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film starring Joan Blondell and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Grant Mitchell and Vivienne Osborne appear in support.