Bureau of Missing Persons

Bureau of Missing Persons is a 1933 American preCode drama film with comic overtones directed by Roy Del Ruth. The screenplay by Robert Presnell is based on the book Missing Men by former New York City police captain John H. Ayers and Carol Bird.

The films working title was Missing Persons, and Warren William was originally slated to star. Instead it became the second onscreen pairing of Davis and OBrien, both under contract to Warner Bros., who had appeared Hells House the previous year.Bureau of Missing Persons premiered at the Strand Theatre in New York on September 7, 1933. As a promotion, Warner Bros. promised in advertisements to pay 10,000 to Manhattans missing Judge Joseph Force Crater if he turned himself in to the Bureau during the pictures engagement at the Strand. The film went into general release on September 16. ........

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