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Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)

Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)

Action Crime Romance Mystery

Sly but not slick - Jim Hanvey tops them all! Guy Kibbee ....his most loveable role!

Release Date: 1937, April 5
Directors: Phil Rosen
Countries: United States of America
Production: Republic Pictures
Cast: Charles Williams, Sam Flint, Howard Hickman, William Benedict, Edward Brophy, Theodore von Eltz, Robert Homans, Tom Brown, Dick Rush, Helen Jerome Eddy, Guy Kibbee, Wade Boteler

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

robbery 1930s false accusations high society greed b movie retired detective jewel thief insurance company stolen emerald