Devil's Mate

The Devil's Mate is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Rosen, starring Peggy Shannon and Preston Foster.^[2]

Devil's Mate
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Leonard Fields David Silverstein
Produced by	Ben Verschleiser
Starring	Mary Brian Bruce Cabot Grant Mitchell
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Doane Harrison Carl Pierson
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Release date	August 20, 1933 (1933-08-20) (US)[1]
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

It was remade by Rosen as I Killed That Man (1941).

Plot

As murderer Maloney is being executed in the electric chair, he's willing to expose an underworld mob boss. He is killed by a poison dart before he can tell anything. Inspector O'Brien suspects McGhee, a ward healer and friend of Maloney; Parkhurst, a scholar, philanthropist, and candidate for the prison board; Clinton, a friend of Parkhurst; or Natural, a reporter for the "Chronicle" newspaper. Since McGhee is a nonsmoker and found in possession of an empty cigarette case, he is arrested.

Cast

• Peggy Shannon as Nancy Weaver
• Preston Foster as Inspector O'Brien
• Ray Walker as Natural
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Parkhurst
• Barbara Barondess as Gwen
• Paul Porcasi as Nick
• Harold Waldridge as Joe
• Jason Robards Sr. as Clinton
• Bryant Washburn as District Attorney
• Harry Holman as McGee
• George 'Gabby' Hayes as Collins
• James Durkin as Warden
• Gordon De Main as Butler
• Paul Fix as Maloney