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Atta Boy (1926)
Monty Milde, would-be newspaper reporter, stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping mystery.
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Monty Milde, would-be newspaper reporter, stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping mystery.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Action, Crime
Written By:Alfred J. Goulding, Charles Horan
In Theaters:10/10/1926
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Runtime:63 minutes
Studio:Monty Banks Productions Inc.
Cast
Edward H. Griffith
Director
Monty Banks
Monty Milde
Virginia Bradford
The Girl
Ernest Wood
Craven, the reporter
Fred Kelsey
Detective
Virginia Pearson
Madame Carlton
Henry A. Barrows
Mr. Harrie
Earl Metcalfe
Mr. Harrie's brother
Mary Carr
Grandmother
America Chedister
Fashionable Woman
Jimmy Phillips
Mr. Harrie's kidnapped son
William Courtright
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