Secret Philadelphia (A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure)
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Released April 17, 1942
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
66 min. (Feature Film)
66 min. (Feature Film)
A mysterious avenger known as Dr. Rx is killing criminals who have been acquited in court. Police Captain Hurd (Edmund MacDonald) and his bumbling assistant Sgt. Sweeney (Shemp Howard) ask Private Investigator Jerry Church (Patric Knowles) to help them on the case. Church reunites with his girlfriend Kit Logan, the two marry, and their honeymoon turns into investigative confusion involving an acquited and murdered gangster, kidnapping and the mystery of a policeman frightened into a coma.
In addition to Shemp Howard, comedy relief is provided by Mantan Moreland as Church's butler.
Avg. Rating: 
[8.00/10]
[8.00/10]
Patric Knowles
Jerry Church
Lionel Atwill
Dr. Fish
Anne Gwynne
Kit Logan Church
Samuel S. Hinds
Dudley Crispin
Mona Barrie
Eileen Crispin
Shemp Howard
Det. Sgt. Sweeney
Edmund MacDonald
Det. Capt. Bill Hurd
Paul Cavanagh
John Crispin
Mantan Moreland
Horatio B. Fitz Washington
John Gallaudet
Ernie Paul
William Gould
Dist. Atty. Mason
Leyland Hodgson
Thomas, the butler
Matty Fain
Anthony 'Tony' Zarini
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Scott
Jan Wiley
Lily, Ernie Paul's moll
Boyd Davis
Police Commissioner
Victor Zimmerman
Kirk, first kidnapper
Paul Bryar
Bailiff
Harry Harvey
Night club manager
Drew Demorest
Club waiter
Eddy Chandler
Cop outside Church's apartment
Jack C. Smith
Policeman
Jack Kennedy
Policeman
Selmer Jackson
Judge
Murdock MacQuarrie
Jury foreman
Ray Corrigan
Gorilla
Leonard Sues
Newsboy
Joe Recht
Newsboy
Gary Breckner
Radio announcer
Jack Bernhard
Associate Producer
William Nigh
Director
Clarence Upson Young
Original Screenplay
Bernard W. Burton
Film Editor
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Jack Otterson
Art Director
Martin Obzina
Associate Art Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
Charles Carroll
Sound Technician
Hans J. Salter
Musical Director
Frank Skinner
Original Music
Vera West
Gowns
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