The Great Swindle

The Great Swindle (1941) on 123movies: drama and mystery film starring Jack Holt and Jonathan Hale. Plot summary, full cast and release details. In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.