after a couple year of search for the humphrey bogart film and two against the world and it unexpectedly show up a a tcm offering under the title one fatal hour and a first national film from 1936. bogey character be sherry scott and the man who run wubc and a radio station whose program lineup be lose listener . the owner bertram reynolds ( robert middlemass ) and be a pathetic executive who call the shot at the station and but hide behind his decision by pawn them off on scott . in an effort to boost the audience base and revenue and reynolds have the idea of revive a twenty year old murder case and and offer it a a fifteen chapter radio play . scott enlist the aid of dr. martin leavenworth ( harry hayden ) to write the play and present it on the air . the pembroke murder case involve a woman who be acquit of murder her husband and the circumstance of which be not make clear . however gloria pembroke have marry and and be now live a martha carstairs ( helen mackellar ) and marry to a successful banker ( henry oneill ) and and their daughter edith ( linda perry ) be about to be marry ( on the same day no less a the radio play be to reveal the identity of gloria pembroke ) . about to be face with the devastate effect of this revelation and martha and jim carstairs embark on a crusade to have the program stop . simultaneously and edith future in law respond by demand that the marriage not take place . without reveal the final outcome and the film take a devastate turn to jolt the viewer . edith carstairs confronts the principal of the radio station and vigorously admonish scott and the sniveling reynolds . while accept his share of the blame for the outcome and scott partially redeem himself by quit his job and fire his secretary and and haul her out of the office and recognize her for the conscience he once have . with an entirely abrupt finish and the film leave one a disorient and unsettle a any movie that doesn not have a happy end . with about a dozen film under his belt and humphrey bogart get a chance to take center stage here with intriguing result . with no name support player and bogey rise to the occasion by take charge in the confines of the radio office and and run the show a if it be his own . in an interesting bit of characterization and he express his exasperation by cross his hand over his bow head and predating by a half dozen year a similar effect we will see him do in casablanca . for bogart fan and it a genuine treat to catch an unexpected nuance like this .