Shake Hands with Murder is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks and Douglas Fowley. The film is a B movie released by the low-budget distributor Producers Releasing Corporation.
Synopsis
Patsy Brent runs a small bail bond company. Her ambitious but dull-witted partner Eddie Jones secures bail for Steve Morgan, a man accused of embezzling $100,000 from his bank. Brent is furious and is forced to track Morgan before he can skip the country. When the president of the bank is found murdered, she also suspects that Morgan may even be a killer as well. However he is trying to prove his innocence of the charge, and Brent is persuaded to assist him in finding the real culprit.
Cast
Iris Adrian as Patsy Brent
Frank Jenks as Eddie Jones
Douglas Fowley as Steve Morgan
Jack Raymond as Joe Blake
Claire Rochelle as Miss Johnson, Secretary
Herbert Rawlinson as John Clark
Juan de la Cruz as Mr. Stanton
I. Stanford Jolley as Mr. Haskins
Forrest Taylor as Mr. Kennedy
George Kirby as George Adams
Gene Roth as William Howard
Anitra Sparrow as Waitress
Buck Harrington as Police Sergeant
References
Bibliography
Dixon, Wheeler. Producers Releasing Corporation: A Comprehensive Filmography and History. McFarland, 1986.