A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglers", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
Credits
The Famous Ferguson Case Cast
| Name |
Character |
|
J. Carrol Naish
He was 36, 77 years old when he died
|
as Claude Wright |
|
Russell Hopton
He was 32, 45 years old when he died
|
as Rusty Callahan |
|
Leon Ames
He was 30, 91 years old when he died
|
as Judd Brooks |
|
Allan Lane
He was 22, 64 years old when he died
|
as Reporter (uncredited) |
|
Joan Blondell
She was 25, 73 years old when she died
|
as Maizie Dickson |
|
Vivienne Osborne
She was 35, 64 years old when she died
|
as Mrs. Marcia Ferguson |
|
Tom Brown
He was 19, 77 years old when he died
|
as Bruce Foster |
|
James Ellison
He was 22, 83 years old when he died
|
as Reporter Lane (uncredited) |
|
Mike Donlin
He was 53, 55 years old when he died
|
as Photographer (uncredited) |
|
Russell Simpson
He was 51, 79 years old when he died
|
as Banker Craig |
|
Grant Mitchell
He was 57, 82 years old when he died
|
as Martin Collins |
|
Dick Curtis
He was 30, 49 years old when he died
|
as O'Toole (uncredited) |
|
George McFarland
He was 3, 64 years old when he died
|
as Newsboy |
|
Si Jenks
He was 55, 93 years old when he died
|
as Gas Station Man (uncredited) |
|
Clarence Wilson
He was 55, 64 years old when he died
|
as County Attorney |
|
Adrienne Dore
She was 21, 82 years old when she died
|
as Antoinette 'Toni' Martin |
|
Purnell Pratt
He was 46, 55 years old when he died
|
as George M. Ferguson |
|
George Meeker
He was 28, 80 years old when he died
|
as Jigger Bolton |
|
George Chandler
He was 33, 86 years old when he died
|
as Depot Loafer (uncredited) |
|
Oscar Apfel
He was 54, 60 years old when he died
|
as Mr. Brooks |
|
Leslie Fenton
She was 30, 76 years old when she died
|
as Perrin |
|
Willard Robertson
He was 46, 62 years old when he died
|
as Sheriff |
|
Claire McDowell
She was 54, 88 years old when she died
|
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) |
|
William Burress
He was 64, 81 years old when he died
|
as Dad Sipes |
|
George Irving
He was 57, 86 years old when he died
|
as Reporter (uncredited) |
|
Kathrin Clare Ward
She was 61, 67 years old when she died
|
as Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother |
|
Kenneth Thomson
He was 33, 68 years old when he died
|
as Bob Parks |
|
Miriam Seegar
She was 24, 103 years old when she died
|
as Mrs. Judd Brooks (uncredited) |
|
Spencer Charters
He was 57, 67 years old when he died
|
as Fire Chief (uncredited) |
|
Walter Miller
He was 40, 48 years old when he died
|
as Cedric Works |
The Famous Ferguson Case Crew
| Name |
Department |
|
Courtney Terrett as Story. She was 28 (46) years old when She died
|
Writing |
