The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine is a 1942 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason Dennis OKeefe encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy Valentine, who is reportedly retired. The reward for the person who finds the legendary gentleman burglar is set to 10,000. There is little tough guy Mousey George Stone, who becomes over zealous over the possibility of winning the reward. Valentine is rumored to have thrown down his hat in a picturesque small town called Fernville in Illinois. Jason and co worker Cleo Arden Gloria Dickson lead the hunt, together with Mousey, and it takes them to the small and previously quiet town. The search begins in the small towns local newspaper, where Jason hopes to find some old files that can reveal Jimmy Valentines whereabouts. Jason meets the daughter of the newspaper editor, Bonnie Forbes Ruth Terry, who takes him to see her father, Tom Forbes Roman Bohnen. It turns out Tom isnt willing to help out in the search for Valentine. But Bonnie has taken a romantic interest in Jason, and offers to help out. She takes the party to Toms gardener, Pinky Harry Shannon, who she has heard tell stories about Valentine in the past. The lead is a dead end, as Pinky claims to know nothing about Valentine of use to Jason. But when Jason and Mousey visits the Forbes house, Mousey finds Pinky rummaging about in Toms office, destroying old files, and there is a photo of Pinky when he was younger, where his hair color matches the color of Valentines side kick back in the day. Mousey turns out to be the son of an infamous mobster who was framed by Valentine, and kills Pinky to revenge his father. When Jason finds out about the killing, he suspects Valentine of being the murderer. He goes about town to collect fingerprints of important persons, and stirs up the whole town, since they are all exconvicts, having settled down in this peacful place to live a quiet lawabiding life. The fingerprints are stored in a
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