Directed by:
Roy Del RuthCinematography:
Tony GaudioComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Warren William, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers, Andy Devine, Dickie Moore, Ferdinand Gottschalk, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat (more)Plots(1)
Warren William. Ginger Rogers. Mary Astor. Sidney Toler. Andy Devine. J. Carroll Naish. John Qualen. No fan of Golden Era films would want to miss this luminous cast, even if all the stars did was sort socks. Instead, they light up a dynamic pre-Code programmer loaded with '30s moxie. Railroad tycoon Alex Stream (William) gets the blues when his society-page wife (Astor) forgets their anniversary. Impulsively, he celebrates instead with vivacious burlesque dancer Lily Linda (Rogers). The two soon establish a sweet, sympathetic relationship. But it turns deadly serious when a would-be blackmailer tries to plug Alex, Lily takes the bullet and Alex finds himself accused of murder! "It is a lively situation in which to embroil a spectator," Andre D. Sennwald wrote in The New York Times, "and the breath comes pleasantly fast while it is being resolved." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Warren William
USA
Best movies:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Lady for a Day (1933)
Mary Astor
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Little Women (1949)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Ginger Rogers
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999) - a.f.
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lonesome (1928)
Dickie Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Out of the Past (1947)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Les Misérables (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
J. Carrol Naish
USA
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Sidney Toler
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Our Relations (1936)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
Henry O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Robert Greig
Australia
Best movies:
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
John Qualen
Canada
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Douglas Cosgrove
USA
Jack Mower
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
William B. Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
James P. Burtis
USA
Best movies:
Carefree (1938)
Show Boat (1936)
The Texans (1938)
Bill Elliott
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)