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5.8/10   8 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Frances Hyland (story)
Frederic Hatton (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
20 November 1929 (USA) more
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Plot:
A vaudeville performer is murdered backstage and another performer is tried for the crime. full summary | add synopsis
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Creaky Mess more (1 total)

Cast

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Joe E. Brown ... Hermann / Beppo
Helen Foster ... Nancy
Barton Hepburn ... Buddy Barton
Dorothy Gulliver ... Babe Barnes
Lester Cole ... Roderick
Richard Tucker ... District Attorney
Purnell Pratt ... Foreman of Jury
Mabel Julienne Scott ... Mrs. Warren - Nervous Woman Jury Member (as Mabel Julian Scott)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
74 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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3 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Creaky Mess, 26 December 2002
3/10
Author: boblipton from New York City

Antique, static, early talkie, a sort of bad Lon Chaney version of TWELVE ANGRY MEN. Joe E. Brown gives a good performance as Hermann, a clown on the jury (yes, he plays a clown and he is on the jury) who is the lone holdout for acquittal, but between poor sound recording and his stage-Dutch accent, the whole thing turns into a mess. Brown is excellent in the circus scenes (yes, circus scenes) when he is doing his clowning, but otherwise, there is not much here of interest.

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