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Released
1940 · FILM

On the Spot

XTRA! XTRA!... Frankie's In Another Jam... but this time it's really a JAM!

Runtime
62 min
Mystery

Synopsis

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.

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Principal cast & crew: 16

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Russell F SchoengarthShot by Harry NeumannScored by Edward J Kay

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