Pursuit (1935 film)

Pursuit is a 1935 American action film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Wells Root. The film stars Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett, Henry Travers, C. Henry Gordon and Dorothy Peterson. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[1][2]

Pursuit
Directed by	Edwin L. Marin
Screenplay by	Wells Root
Based on	Wild Goose, Golden Goose 1935 story in Complete Magazine by Lawrence G. Blochman
Produced by	Lucien Hubbard Ned Marin
Starring	Chester Morris Sally Eilers Scotty Beckett Henry Travers C. Henry Gordon Dorothy Peterson
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke Sidney Wagner
Edited by	George Boemler
Music by	William Axt
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 9, 1935 (1935-08-09)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Pilot Mitch Mitchell (Chester Morris) is asked to whisk a young child, Donny (Scotty Beckett), from California into Mexico by the youth's mother, who is involved in a nasty custody dispute with her sister. Mitch agrees to take on the job, but he must also take along Maxine (Sally Eilers), who works for an agency hired to bring the child back. She's agreed to help the boy escape, but the three must still avoid detection. Things come crashing to a head in Mexico.

Cast

• Chester Morris as Mr. "Mitch" Mitchell
• Sally Eilers as Maxine Bush
• Scotty Beckett as Donald McCoy "Donny" Smith
• Henry Travers as Thomas "Tom" Reynolds
• C. Henry Gordon as Nick Shawn
• Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. McCoy
• Granville Bates as Auto Camp Proprietor
• Minor Watson as Hale
• Harold Huber as Jake
• Dewey Robinson as Jo-Jo
• Erville Alderson as Cop