Protection (1929)
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During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.
- Release date
- May 5, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dorothy Burgess as Myrtle Hines
- Robert Elliott as Wallace Crockett
- Paul Page as Chick Slater
- Ben Hewlett as Jamees Rollans
- Dorothy Ward as Judy Revis
- Joe Brown as Joe Brown
- Roy Stewart as Ollie Bogardt
- William H. Tooker as Harry Lamson
- Arthur Hoyt
Crew
- Benjamin Stoloff · Director
- Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · Writer
- J. Clarkson Miller · Writer
- Joseph A. Valentine · Cinematographer