Sunset Murder Case
1938 film by Louis J. Gasnier
- November 11, 1938 (1938-11-11)
Sunset Murder Case is a 1938 American film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Sally Rand and Esther Muir.
The film is also known as High Explosive in the United Kingdom.
Plot summary
After her policeman father is killed and nightclub singer Nina is murdered, Kathy posing as stripper Valerie goes to work underground to catch the gangster. Her boyfriend reporter Lou watches out for her.
Cast
- Sally Rand as Kathy O'Connor / "Valerie"
- Henry King as Master of Ceremonies
- Esther Muir as Lora Wynne
- Lona Andre as Nita Madera - Murder victim
- Vince Barnett as Martin - Henchman
- Kathryn Kane as Penny Nichols - Nightclub act - singer
- Dennis Moore as Lou Fleming - Reporter
- Reed Hadley as Oliver Helton
- Paul Sutton as Bapti Stephani
- Stanley Price as Eric Martin - Henchman
- Frank O'Connor as Detective Sergeant Tom O'Connor
- Mary Brodel as Jane Baird
- George Douglas as Carlo Rossmore
- Bruce Mitchell as Everett
- Lester Dorr as Editor
- Eddie Gordon as Rankin
- Monte Carter as Staufer
Release
The film was made in 1938 but not released until 1941 due to censors. The name was changed from "Sunset Strip" to "Sunset Murder". The studio Grand National went out of business and the order of the cast in the credits was changed as well.
Soundtrack
- "I'd Rather Look at You" (Written by Sam Coslow)
External links
- Sunset Murder Case at IMDb
- Sunset Murder Case is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
- The Perils of Pauline (1914)
- The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
- The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
- The Shielding Shadow (1916)
- The Seven Pearls (1917)
- Hands Up (1918)
- The Tiger's Trail (1919)
- Kismet (1920)
- Good Women (1921)
- A Wife's Awakening (1921)
- Silent Years (1921)
- The Call of Home (1922)
- Rich Men's Wives (1922)
- Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
- Maytime (1923)
- Daughters of the Rich (1923)
- The Hero (1923)
- Mothers-in-Law (1923)
- Poor Men's Wives (1923)
- Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
- Wine (1924)
- White Man (1924)
- The Triflers (1924)
- The Breath of Scandal (1924)
- The Parasite (1925)
- Parisian Love (1925)
- Faint Perfume (1925)
- The Boomerang (1925)
- Out of the Storm (1926)
- That Model from Paris (1926)
- Sin Cargo (1926)
- Pleasures of the Rich (1926)
- Lost at Sea (1926)
- Streets of Shanghai (1927)
- The Beauty Shoppers (1927)
- Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
- Fashion Madness (1928)
- Darkened Rooms (1929)
- Slightly Scarlet (1930)
- Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
- The Virtuous Sin (1930)
- The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
- Silence (1931)
- The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
- Forgotten Commandments (1932)
- Gambling Ship (1933)
- Downward Slope (1934)
- Fedora (1934)
- The Last Outpost (1935)
- Reefer Madness (1936)
- The Gold Racket (1937)
- Bank Alarm (1937)
- Sunset Murder Case (1938)
- The Marines Come Thru (1938)
- Murder on the Yukon (1940)
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