"If you're into those punchy, pre-Code crime movies that don't bother with fancy camera work or moral lessons, Afraid to Talk is probably for you. If you need your movies to have a massive budget or a coherent, polished script, you'll likely find it a bit dusty and cheap. It’s got that specific, nervous energy of a movie made during the Great Depression—everyone is desperate, and everyone is hiding something. The story kicks off when a kid accidentally catches some politicians taking bribes. It ..."
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs..
King Baggot
Tully Marshall
Thomas E. Jackson
Dorothy Granger
Louis Calhern
Ian Maclaren
Robert Warwick
Edward Martindel
Frances Morris
Sidney Fox
Emma Tansey
J. Carrol Naish
Matt McHugh
Walter Brennan
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Joyce Compton
Frank Sheridan
Berton Churchill
Reginald Barlow
John Ince
Eric Linden
Joe Bonomo
Edward Arnold
Julia Griffith
Lynton Brent
George Chandler
Lita Chevret
George Meeker
Mayo Methot
Arthur Housman
Tom Reed, Albert Maltz, George Sklar
United States
If you're into those punchy, pre-Code crime movies that don't bother with fancy camera work or moral lessons, Afraid to Talk is probably for you. If you need your movies to have a massive budget or a coherent, polished script, you'll likely find it a bit dusty and cheap. It’s got that specific, nervous energy of a movi...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Edward L. Cahn
Edgar Jones
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