BADGE OF HONOR (1934) Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall & Ralph Lewis | Drama, Romance | B&W

Badge of Honor is a 1934 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall and Betty Blythe. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for distribution by Mayfair Pictures. Crabbe was loaned out from Paramount Pictures for the production. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

SYNOPSIS
Hoping to impress a pretty girl he's after, a playboy poses as a newspaperman and goes after a big story.

Reporter Bob Gordon is hired by the owner of a newspaper to try and rescue it from deliberate attempts at sabotage driven by a rival acting in league with the paper's own editor.

CAST & CREW
Buster Crabbe as Bob Gordon
Ruth Hall as Helen Brewster
Ralph Lewis as Randall Brewster
Betty Blythe as Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
John Trent as Harvey Larkin, City Editor
Ernie Adams as 'Tip' Crane
Allan Cavan as Preston, the Lawyer
Charles McAvoy as 'Trim' Fuller
Broderick O'Farrell as Howard Kent
William Arnold as Andrew Comstock

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by George Morgan, Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by Lester F. Scott Jr.
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by Fred Bain
Production company Lester F. Scott Productions
Distributed by Mayfair Pictures
Release date April 1, 1934
Running time 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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