The President's Mystery (1936)
The thriller that speaks right out!
80 min
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
- Release date
- September 28, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Henry Wilcoxon as James Blake
- Betty Furness as Charlotte Brown
- Sidney Blackmer as George Sartos
- Evelyn Brent as Ilka Blake
- Barnett Parker as Roger
- Mel Ruick as Andrew
- Wade Boteler as Sheriff
- John Wray as Shane
- Guy Usher as Police Lieutenant
- Robert Homans as Sergeant
Crew
- Phil Rosen · Director
- Franklin D. Roosevelt · Writer
- Rupert Hughes · Writer
- Samuel Hopkins Adams · Writer
- Fulton Oursler · Writer
- Nat Levine · Producer
- Ernest Miller · Cinematographer
- Murray Seldeen · Editor
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor