---
title: 'Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Del Ruth'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 75
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bureau-of-missing-persons-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023856/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

1933 · 75 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Bureau of Missing Persons is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film with comic overtones directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The screenplay by Robert Presnell is based on the book Missing Men by former New York City Police Captain John H. Ayers and Carol Bird.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Presnell Sr](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-presnell-sr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun)
- **Producer:** [Henry Blanke](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-blanke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Barney McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/barney-mcgill)

## Cast

- [Ruth Donnelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-donnelly)
- [Allen Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-jenkins)
- [Hugh Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-herbert)
- [Jean Muir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-muir)
- [Marjorie Gateson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-gateson)
- [Lewis Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-stone)
- [Henry Kolker](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kolker)
- [Glenda Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenda-farrell)
- [Harold Alan Dinehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-alan-dinehart)
- [Pat O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-o-brien)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Wallis Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallis-clark)
- [Noel Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-francis)

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