On the Spot
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
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Frankie Darro is a soda-jerk/scientist in a small town that mobsters are suddenly attracted to.
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- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Starring
- Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Polis, Robert Warwick, Maxine Leslie, Lillian Elliott, LeRoy Mason
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