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The Famous Ferguson Case is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lloyd Bacon released in USA on 14 may 1932 with Joan Blondell
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
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Add to a movie listThe Famous Ferguson Case is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell and Vivienne Osborne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Okey.
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Bruce Foster (Tom Brown) et Maizie Dicksnon (Joan Blondell), deux journalistes aux méthodes très différentes, enquêtent sur l'assassinat de George Ferguson (Purnell Pratt), un influent homme d'affaires.Actors
Joan Blondell
(Maizie Dickson)
Grant Mitchell
(Martin Collins)
Vivienne Osborne
(Mrs. Marcia Ferguson)
Adrienne Dore
(Antoinette 'Toni' Martin)
Tom Brown
(Bruce Foster)
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