Laughing at Trouble (1936)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 1936-12-11
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Writers: Robert Ellis , Helen Logan , Adelyn Bushnell
Language: English
Stars: Jane Darwell (1879–1967) , Brook Byron , Allan Lane , Sara Haden , Lois Wilson , Margaret Hamilton , Pert Kelton , John Carradine , James Burke , Russell Hicks
Runtime: 67 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Laughing at Trouble , Laughing at Trouble (United Kingdom) , Laughing at Death (United States of America) , Laughing at Trouble (United States of America)
Plot: John Campbell, in love with Mary Bradford, is arrested and convicted of the murder of the town philanthropist. Glory Holden, editor of the small-town local newspaper and the mother of Mary, senses an injustice and carries on a relentless crusade in her newspaper to bring about Campbell's exoneration and find the guilty person. She discovers that the murdered man, shortly before his death, placed in his will a $10,000 bequest to a charitable institution. With this as a clue, the determined editor exposes the true killer by playing upon the jealousy of a woman in love with an unscrupulous lawyer. But first she has to hold off single-handed an enraged lynch mob which has pursued Campbell to her home after he make a jail break.
IMDB:tt0029121