On the Spot

Name: On the Spot
Director: Howard Bretherton
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
Released: 1940-06-11
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Polis, Robert Warwick

Directed by Howard Bretherton

Mystery

Comedy

19401h 2m5.5

Overview

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.