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Mysterious Crossing
“OLD MAN RIVER GIVES UP HIS SECRETS to a reporter with a nose for news and an eye for a pretty girl!”
10.0 / 10• 1936• 57m•NR• English
Mystery
Storyline
While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...
Cast & Crew
James Dunn
Addison Francis Murphy
Lead
Jean Rogers
Yvonne Fontaine
Andy Devine
Carolina
Hobart Cavanaugh
Ned J. Stebbins
John Eldredge
Paul Briand
Herbert Rawlinson
District Attorney Henry R. Charters
Lorin Raker
Wilson - Copy Writer
J. Farrell MacDonald
Police Chief Bullock
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Arthur Lubin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mysterious Crossing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
