The Line-Up

{{short description|1934 American film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name =The Line-Up | image = The Line-Up.jpg | caption = | director = Howard Higgin | producer = Sid Rogell | based_on = | writer = George Waggner | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|William Gargan|Marian Nixon|Paul Hurst}} | music = | cinematography = Benjamin H. Kline | editing = John Rawlins | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1934|04|17}} | runtime = 64 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Line-Up''''' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Howard Higgin and starring William Gargan, Marian Nixon and Paul Hurst.<ref>Langman & Finn p.144</ref><ref name=V/>

==Plot== One of the detective squad's young new recruit officers is assigned with investigating a series of fur coat thefts. When he suspects a hotel hat check girl of being involved with the theft, he sets out to prove her innocence and identify the real thieves.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * William Gargan as Bob Curtis * Marian Nixon as Peggy Arnold * Paul Hurst as Detective Sgt. Doyle * John Miljan as Reginald Fields * Harold Huber as 'Mile-a-Way' Miller * Greta Meyer as Mrs. Peterson * Joseph Crehan as Police Capt. Daniel McGrath * Noel Francis as Mabel Martin * Francis McDonald as Trigger - Henchman * Charles A. Browne as Chuck * John Bleifer as Louie * Harry C. Bradley as Mr. Hamilton * Wallis Clark as Hotel Manager * Harry Holman as Jacob * Jessie Perry as Mrs. Hamilton * Frank Reicher as Abraham Schultz * Emma Tansey as Mrs. Garvey * Harry Tenbrook as Man in the Line-up }}

==Critical reception== ''Variety'', "This one just misses being fair as entertainment."<ref name=V>{{cite web|date=May 29, 1934|page=13|title=The Lineup|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety114-1934-05/page/n262/mode/1up|publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Langman, Larry & Finn, Daniel. ''A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties''. Greenwood Press, 1995.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0025296}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Line-Up, The}} Category:1934 films Category:1934 crime films Category:American crime films Category:Films directed by Howard Higgin Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:1934 English-language films Category:1934 American films Category:English-language crime films