Devil's Mate

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Devil's Mate
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Directed by Phil Rosen
Written by Leonard Fields
David Silverstein
Produced byBen Verschleiser
Starring Mary Brian
Bruce Cabot
Grant Mitchell
Cinematography Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by Doane Harrison
Carl Pierson
Production
company
Release date
  • August 20, 1933 (1933-08-20)(US) [1]
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Devil's Mate is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Rosen, starring Peggy Shannon and Preston Foster. [2]

Contents

It was remade by Rosen as I Killed That Man (1941).

Plot

As murderer Maloney is being executed in the electric chair, he's willing to expose an underworld mob boss. He is killed by a poison dart before he can tell anything. Inspector O'Brien suspects McGhee, a ward healer and friend of Maloney; Parkhurst, a scholar, philanthropist, and candidate for the prison board; Clinton, a friend of Parkhurst; or Natural, a reporter for the "Chronicle" newspaper. Since McGhee is a nonsmoker and found in possession of an empty cigarette case, he is arrested.

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References

  1. "Devil's Mate". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. Review of film at The New York Times