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31 October 1931 (USA)
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Powerful Pre-Noir
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(Complete credited cast) | Walter Huston | ... | Jack Bannister |
 | Loretta Young | ... | Gloria Bannister |
 | Dudley Digges | ... | Abner Snead |
| David Manners | ... | Dick Cheney |
| Doris Kenyon | ... | Mary Stanton |
| John Halliday | ... | Burroughs |
| Willard Robertson | ... | Ed Bailey |
| Gilbert Emery | ... | Andrew Gregory |
| Douglas Scott | ... | Malcolm Stanton |
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Upper Underworld
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76 min | 72 min (Turner library print)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
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In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930's, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
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Frere Jacques
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As he is in "Night Court," Walter Huston is superb in this harsh early mob story. Some might think his change of heart over daughter Loretta Young sentimental but not I. It is psychologically plausible and doesn't sell out the rough nature of the story. Not much ends happily, though the path for Young and David Manners -- a highly improbable couple -- does clear.
Huston is probably best known for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre." To me, he is first and foremost the fine American businessman in the lovely "Dodsworth." He was very convincing in these earlier unsympathetic roles, though. This movie pulls no punches and has some scary scenes. It doesn't seem at all dated. It could have been made 70 years later -- but teenagers wouldn't be interested so it wouldn't have been.