Pursuit is a 1935 American action film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Wells Root. The film stars Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett, Henry Travers, C. Henry Gordon and Dorothy Peterson. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Plot
Pilot Mitch Mitchell (Chester Morris) is asked to whisk a young child, Donny (Scotty Beckett), from California into Mexico by the youth's mother, who is involved in a nasty custody dispute with her sister. Mitch agrees to take on the job, but he must also take along Maxine (Sally Eilers), who works for an agency hired to bring the child back. She's agreed to help the boy escape, but the three must still avoid detection. Things come crashing to a head in Mexico.
Cast
Chester Morris as Mr. "Mitch" Mitchell
Sally Eilers as Maxine Bush
Scotty Beckett as Donald McCoy "Donny" Smith
Henry Travers as Thomas "Tom" Reynolds
C. Henry Gordon as Nick Shawn
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. McCoy
Granville Bates as Auto Camp Proprietor
Minor Watson as Hale
Harold Huber as Jake
Dewey Robinson as Jo-Jo
Erville Alderson as Cop
Critical reception
Variety gave a negative review and described the film as "75 solid minutes of chase with nothing to relieve the monotony." They commented that Morris and Eilers spend most of the picture "in the front seat of an automobile" where they "carry on one of those wise-cracking, sez-you, I-hate-your-guts 'friendships' until they clinch at the finish", but that the script didn't provide the dialogue necessary to make it effective. Only Scotty Beckett's performance was well received, with Variety calling him a "cute kid who conducts himself well before the camera."