WASHINGTON MELODRAMA (1941)

 




















Directed by: S. Sylvan Simon
Starring: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Anne Gwynne, Dan Dailey, Lee Bowman, Fay Holden, Virginia Grey, Olaf Hytten, Douglas Dumbrille, Cliff Clark, Hal K. Dawson, Thurston Hall, Joseph Crehan, Frederick Burton, Howard Hickman, Virginia Brissac

80 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Calvin Claymore is a wealthy businessman trying to get a bill passed to help the starving children of Europe at the outbreak of World War II. He meets a dancer at a night club, escorts her home, but later the girl is found murdered and Claymore, who was seen leaving her apartment, is accused of her death. After a man's glove is found at the dead girl's apartment, the police start a frantic search for the other glove, and finally the real murderer is unmasked.