FILMHFHeld for Ransom1938

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How Long Is “Held for Ransom”?

Name: Held for Ransom
Genre: crime drama
Released: 1938-06-17
Duration: 59 min
Cast: Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers, Bruce Warren, Jack Mulhall, Kenneth Harlan

59m runtime

193859mcrime drama

Crime drama film with a runtime of 59 minutes, released in 1938. Presented in English.

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Runtime59m

Minutes59

One SittingYes

With Break1h 11m

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Cheap-looking even by the standards of Grand National Pictures, Held for Ransom appears to have been completed several years before its official 1938 release date. The charmingly untalented Blanche Mehaffey heads the cast as FBI agent Betty Mason. At the risk of her own neck, Betty pursues the kidnappers of a wealthy businessman. She also juggles the affection of her partner Morrison (Jack Mulhall) and the victim's son Scott (Grant Withers). After five yarn-provoking reels, the film finally roars into life with a truly exciting climactic shootout. Though Blanche Mehaffey had been in films since the silent days, she never quite attained stardom, and was still being referred to as an "unknown" by the 1938 trade papers.

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Runtime59m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 11m

Movie Facts

Release DateJune 17, 1938

Runtime59m

LanguageEnglish

Genrescrime drama

DirectorClarence Bricker, Barry Barringer

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