The Game That Kills
1937 film by D. Ross Lederman
- September 21, 1937 (1937-09-21)
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The Game That Kills is a 1937 American mystery sport film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth.[1]
Plot
After his brother is killed on the ice during a hockey game, Alex Ferguson, convinced it was no accident, goes undercover as a new player to discover the truth.
Alex falls for Betty Holland, the coach's daughter. He ultimately learns that team owner Maxwell is in cahoots with gamblers, as are a couple of his players, and coach Joe Holland is in debt to them. Betty takes a job at a newspaper and endeavors to clear her dad's name while Alex survives a dangerous game, followed by a confrontation with the crooks.
Cast
- Charles Quigley as Alex Ferguson
- Rita Hayworth as Betty Holland
- John Gallaudet as Sam Erskine
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Joe Holland
- Arthur Loft as Rudy Maxwell
- John Tyrrell as Eddie
- Paul Fix as Dick Adams
- Max Hoffman Jr. as Bill Drake
- Dick Wessel as 'Leapfrog' Soule
See also
References
- ^ Parish, James Robert; Stanke, Don E. (1975). The glamour girls. Arlington House. p. 292. ISBN 9780870002441.
External links
- The Game That Kills at IMDb
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Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
- Sheiks in Bagdad (1925) (Short)
- A Dog of the Regiment (1927)
- A Race for Life (1928)
- Rinty of the Desert (1928)
- Shadows of the Night (1928)
- The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
- The Man Hunter (1930)
- The Phantom of the West (1931)
- The Texas Ranger (1931)
- Branded (1931)
- The Fighting Marshal (1931)
- The Range Feud (1931)
- Ridin' for Justice (1932)
- Texas Cyclone (1932)
- High Speed (1932)
- The Riding Tornado (1932)
- Two-Fisted Law (1932)
- Daring Danger (1932)
- McKenna of the Mounted (1932)
- Speed Demon (1932)
- End of the Trail (1932)
- State Trooper (1933)
- Silent Men (1933)
- Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
- The Whirlwind (1933)
- Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
- The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
- Hell Bent for Love (1934)
- A Man's Game (1934)
- Beyond the Law (1934)
- Girl in Danger (1934)
- Murder in the Clouds (1934)
- Red Hot Tires (1935)
- Dinky (1935)
- The Case of the Missing Man (1935)
- Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
- Too Tough to Kill (1935)
- Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
- Pride of the Marines (1936)
- Panic on the Air (1936)
- The Final Hour (1936)
- Alibi for Murder (1936)
- Come Closer, Folks (1936)
- Counterfeit Lady (1936)
- Motor Madness (1937)
- I Promise to Pay (1937)
- The Frame-Up (1937)
- A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
- The Game That Kills (1937)
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
- Juvenile Court (1938)
- Adventure in Sahara (1938)
- The Little Adventuress (1938)
- North of Shanghai (1939)
- Racketeers of the Range (1939)
- Military Academy (1940)
- Glamour for Sale (1940)
- Thundering Frontier (1940)
- Father's Son (1941)
- Across the Sierras (1941)
- Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
- Strange Alibi (1941)
- Here Comes the Cavalry (1941) (Short)
- Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
- The Body Disappears (1941)
- Bullet Scars (1942)
- I Was Framed (1942)
- Escape from Crime (1942)
- Busses Roar (1942)
- The Gorilla Man (1943)
- Adventure in Iraq (1943)
- Find the Blackmailer (1943)
- Gun to Gun (1944) (Short)
- The Racket Man (1944)
- Three of a Kind (1944)
- The Last Ride (1944)
- Navy Nurse (1945) (Short)
- Out of the Depths (1945)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
- The Phantom Thief (1946)
- Dangerous Business (1946)
- Sing While You Dance (1946)
- Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
- The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
- Key Witness (1947)
- The Return of the Whistler (1948)
- Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
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