BELOW THE DEADLINE (1936) Cecilia Parker & Russell Hopton | Crime, Drama, Romance | B&W

Below the Deadline is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton and Theodore von Eltz. It was produced and distributed by Chesterfield Pictures, which focused on low-budget productions and was soon after merged into Republic Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.

CAST & CREW
Cecilia Parker as Molly Fitzgerald
Russell Hopton as Terry Mulvaney
Theodore von Eltz as Flash Ackroyd
Thomas E. Jackson as Pearson
Warner Richmond as Diamond Dutch
John St. Polis as Mr. Abrams
Kathryn Sheldon as Aunt Mary Tibbett
Robert Homans as Police Captain Symonds
Jack Gardner as Henchman Spike
Al Thompson as Sparring Partner Al
Charles Delaney as Artie Nolan
Sidney Payne as Plastic Surgeon
Edward Hearn as Guard Peters

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Ewart Adamson (story)
Produced by George R. Batcheller
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Edited by Roland D. Reed
Production company Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date June 6, 1936
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English