Partners in Crime
A big-city is over-run with crime as two gangs fight over turf after one gang invades the territory of the other. Mike Doolan, an amateur private detective, and "Scoops" McGee, a wise-cracking newspaper reporter take both on in a parody-burlesque of Paramount's "Underworld." The situation is somewhat hampered because one of the gang-leaders is a look-alike double of McGee.
- Rated
- Passed
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Released
- 1928
Details
Release year: 1928
Storyline
A big-city is over-run with crime as two gangs fight over turf after one gang invades the territory of the other. Mike Doolan, an amateur private detective, and "Scoops" McGee, a wise-cracking newspaper reporter take both on in a parody-burlesque of Paramount's "Underworld." The situation is somewhat hampered because one of the gang-leaders is a look-alike double of McGee.
Top credits
- Wallace Beery — Detective Mike Doolan
- Raymond Hatton — 'Scoop' McGee, The Reporter
- Mary Brian — Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
- William Powell — Smith