The Carter Case Summary
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Genres: Crime
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The Carter Case was the second and last Republic film based on the popular radio series Mister_District_Attorney. Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister_District_Attorney. James_Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless assistant DA P. Cadwallader Jones. The publisher of a tony fashion magazine is murdered, requiring Jones to sift through a colorful array of suspects. He is helped (?) along by snoopy girl reporter Terry Parker (Virginia_Gilmore), who by default is the brightest character in the picture. Once the mystery has been solved, the film devolves into a Mack_Sennett-style slapstick chase, which on its own merits is quite good. Unique among mystery movies, The Carter Case offers a "surprise" killer who for once is really a surprise-in fact, the unmasking of the murderer is downright incredible! Hal Erickson, Rovi
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