The Main Event

• Director: Daniel Dare
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Detective Film, Sports Drama
• Themes: Private Eyes, Kidnapping, Boxers
• Main Cast: Robert Paige, Arthur Loft, John Gallaudet, Thurston Hall
• Release Year: 1938
• Country: US
• Run Time: 55 minutes

Plot

Choreographer Danny Dare was the directorial guiding hand behind the Columbia B The Main Event. Robert Paige stars as a dilettante detective investigating the kidnapping of boxer Gene Morgan. The abduction was carried off all too easily, and its proximity to the obligatory Big Fight is all too convenient. With the help of his gal friday Jacqueline Wells, Paige gets to the truth of the matter in record time (55 minutes, to be exact). The Main Event, like most Columbia programmers, started out as merely a title, with the details to be filled in during production. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Robert Paige - Mac Richards
• Arthur Loft - Jack Benson
• John Gallaudet - Joe Carter
• Thurston Hall - Capt. Phillips

Gene Morgan - Lefty; Dick Curtis - Sawyer; Oscar O'Shea - Capt. Rorty; Pat Flaherty - Moran; John Tyrrell - Steve; Nick Copeland - Jake; Lester Dorr - Buck; Jacqueline Wells - Helen Phillips

Credit

Daniel Dare - Director, Al Clark - Editor, Allen G. Siegler - Cinematographer, Ralph Cohn - Producer, Robert Cohn - Producer, Lee Loeb - Screenwriter, Harold Shumate - Short Story Author