The Speed Reporter

{{short description|1936 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name =The Speed Reporter | image =File:The Speed Reporter.jpg | caption = | director =Bernard B. Ray | producer =Bernard B. Ray <br> Harry S. Webb | writer = Harry S. Webb <br> Rose Gordon | starring = Richard Talmadge <br> Luana Walters <br> Richard Cramer | music = Lee Zahler | cinematography = William Hyer | editing = Carl Himm | studio = Reliable Pictures | distributor = Ajax Pictures | released = {{Film date|1936|05|14}} | runtime = 55 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''The Speed Reporter''''' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters and Richard Cramer.<ref>Langman p.244</ref> It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Reliable Pictures.<ref>Pitts p.307</ref>

==Plot== In a crime-ridden city, a gangster moves to increase his control over the various illegal rackets, with the support of a corrupt editor of a newspaper. A cub reporter on a rival takes on the challenge to smash the mob.

==Cast== * Richard Talmadge as Dick Lawrence * Luana Walters as May * Richard Cramer as Chuck Ballard, alias Brad Franklin * Frank Hall Crane as Roger Renfrew * Robert Walker as Stanley - City Editor * John Ince as Publisher Madison * Earl Dwire as Publisher John Parker * George Chesebro as Blackie Smith * Ed Cassidy as Edwards, a Henchman * James Sheridan as Henchman Gat * Victor Adamson as Henchman Butch * Eddie Davis as Jim - Press Reporter * William McCall as Hotel Doorman * Otto Metzetti as Henchman Chip * Victor Metzetti as Henchman Louie * Dorothy Vernon as Miss Edwards

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Langman, Larry. ''The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996''. McFarland & Company, 1998. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0030777}}

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