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Release Date:
November 6, 1943
Original Title:
Find the Blackmailer
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 55
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.
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Art Direction:
Charles Novi
Assistant Director:
Wilbur McGaugh
Costume Design:
Leah Rhodes
Director:
D. Ross Lederman
Director of Photography:
James Van Trees
Editor:
Harold McLernon
Makeup Artist:
Perc Westmore
Original Music Composer:
Heinz Roemheld
Producer:
William Jacobs
Screenplay:
Robert E. Kent
Set Decoration:
Clarence Steensen
Sound:
Robert B. Lee
Story:
G.T. Fleming-Roberts
Unit Manager:
Eric Stacey
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