{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Drake Case | image = The Drake Case poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Edward Laemmle | producer = Edward Laemmle | screenplay = J.G. Hawks<br>Charles Logue<br>Dudley Early | starring = Gladys Brockwell<br>Forrest Stanley<br>Robert Frazer<br>Doris Lloyd | music = | cinematography = Jerome Ash | editing = Ted J. Kent | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1929|9|1}} | runtime = 74 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Drake Case''''' is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by J.G. Hawks, Charles Logue and Dudley Early. The film stars Gladys Brockwell, Forrest Stanley, Robert Frazer, and Doris Lloyd. The film was released on September 1, 1929, by Universal Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73603/the-drake-case |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134714/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73603/The-Drake-Case/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |title=The Drake Case (1929) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-drake-case-v14703 |title=The Drake Case (1929) - Edward Laemmle |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=December 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/3841-THE-DRAKE-CASE |title=The Drake Case |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=December 21, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=December 2023}}

==Cast== *Gladys Brockwell as Lulu Marks *Forrest Stanley as District Attorney *Robert Frazer as Roger Lane *James Crane as Hugo Jepson *Barbara Leonard as Mrs. Drake *Doris Lloyd as Georgia *William L. Thorne as Captain Condon *Guy Edward Hearn as Edmonds *Tom Dugan as Bill

==See also== * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb title|0019834|The Drake Case}}

{{Edward Laemmle}}

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