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The Famous Ferguson Case

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A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

Director
Lloyd Bacon
Release date
Apr 19, 1932
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Famous Ferguson Case

  • Portrait of Joan Blondell

    Joan Blondell

    Maizie Dickson

  • Portrait of Grant Mitchell

    Grant Mitchell

    Martin Collins

  • Portrait of Vivienne Osborne

    Vivienne Osborne

    Mrs. Marcia Ferguson

  • Portrait of Adrienne Dore

    Adrienne Dore

    Antoinette 'Toni' Martin

  • Portrait of Tom Brown

    Tom Brown

    Bruce Foster

  • Portrait of Kenneth Thomson

    Kenneth Thomson

    Bob Parks

  • Portrait of Leslie Fenton

    Leslie Fenton

    Perrin

  • Portrait of Oscar Apfel

    Oscar Apfel

    Mr. Brooks

  • Portrait of Walter Miller

    Walter Miller

    Cedric Works

  • Portrait of Purnell Pratt

    Purnell Pratt

    George M. Ferguson

  • Portrait of Willard Robertson

    Willard Robertson

    Sheriff

  • Portrait of George Meeker

    George Meeker

    Jigger Bolton

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