movie poster

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937

71 minutes

MysteryActionCrimeRomance

Overview

Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.

Watch providers

Top Cast

Guy Kibbee headshot

Guy Kibbee

James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey

Tom Brown headshot

Tom Brown

Don Terry

Lucie Kaye headshot

Lucie Kaye

Joan Frost

Catherine Doucet headshot

Catherine Doucet

Adelaide Frost

Edward Gargan headshot

Edward Gargan

O. R.Smith

Edward Brophy headshot

Edward Brophy

Romo

Helen Jerome Eddy headshot

Helen Jerome Eddy

Mrs. Tom Ellis

Theodore von Eltz headshot

Theodore von Eltz

Dunn

Kenneth Thomson headshot

Kenneth Thomson

W. B. Elwood

Howard Hickman headshot

Howard Hickman

Herbert Frost

Oscar Apfel headshot

Oscar Apfel

Lambert

Wade Boteler headshot

Wade Boteler

Davis

Robert Emmett Keane headshot

Robert Emmett Keane

Editor

Robert Homans headshot

Robert Homans

Sheriff Garrett

Harry Tyler headshot

Harry Tyler

Taxi Driver

Frank Darien headshot

Frank Darien

Pete

Charles Williams headshot

Charles Williams

Brackett

Richard Beach headshot

Richard Beach

Bit (uncredited)

William Benedict headshot

William Benedict

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Lillian Elliott headshot

Lillian Elliott

Society Woman (uncredited)

Fern Emmett headshot

Fern Emmett

Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)

Sam Flint headshot

Sam Flint

Bit (uncredited)

Gladys Gale headshot

Gladys Gale

Society Woman (uncredited)

June Johnson headshot

June Johnson

June (uncredited)

Dick Rush headshot

Dick Rush

Policeman (uncredited)