Hell-Bent for Frisco is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Charles Delaney, Vera Reynolds and Carroll Nye. Synopsis After his girlfriend's brother is murdered, a San Francisco newspapermen goes on the track of his killers. Cast Charles Delaney as Jimmy Gray Vera Reynolds as Ellen Garwood Carroll Nye as Lane Garwood Wesley Barry as The Newsboy William Desmond as The Editor Edmund Burns as Frank Kenton Reed Howes as Red Charles Craig as Dr. Clayton Richard Cramer as Nick George Regas as Tony Tom O'Brien as Fogarty References Bibliography Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991. External links 1931 films 1930s action films American black-and-white films American action films Films directed by Stuart Paton Films set in San Francisco 1930s English-language films 1930s American films