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Jim Hanvey, Detective
“Sly but not slick - Jim Hanvey tops them all! Guy Kibbee ....his most loveable role!”
6.5 / 10• 1937• 1h 11m•NR• English
MysteryActionCrimeRomance
Storyline
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
Cast & Crew
Guy Kibbee
James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey
Lead
Tom Brown
Don Terry
Lucie Kaye
Joan Frost
Catherine Doucet
Adelaide Frost
Edward Gargan
O. R.Smith
Edward Brophy
Romo
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Tom Ellis
Theodore von Eltz
Dunn
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Phil Rosen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Jim Hanvey, Detective is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
