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22 August 1931 (USA)
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Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Desperate hours.....
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(Complete credited cast) | Walter Huston | ... | District Attorney Whitlock |
 | Frances Starr | ... | Ma Leeds |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Pa Leeds |
| Sally Blane | ... | Sue Leeds |
| Ralph Ince | ... | 'Maxey' Campo |
| Edward J. Nugent | ... | Jackie Leeds |
| Dickie Moore | ... | Ned Leeds |
| Nat Pendleton | ... | Henchman Big Jack |
| George Ernest | ... | Donny Leeds |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Deputy Thorpe |
| Charles 'Chic' Sale | ... | Private 'Grandpa' Summerill |
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68 min
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Variety reported that the film was rushed into release because of a gang shooting in Harlem in which several children were shot and the police could not get witnesses to talk. The Motion Picture Herald also reported that Warner Bros. gave the proceeds of the first two performances at The Winter Garden to families of 5 children who were shot by gang warfare in Little Italy.
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Version of The Man Who Dared (1939)
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Yankee Doodle
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...Our the grandpa's hour.
More than the gangsters ,it's a detailed depiction of an American family circa 1930:the father,proud of his job who worries about his son who's given up high school,the mum everyone would like to have ,the daughter who forgets dinner time in his squeeze's arms,and the twins who are absolutely lovable ("Don't go to sleep first ,please!").
And there's the grandfather ,playing the Yankee doodle on his flute .Have you noticed that this tune plays the same role as Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" in Hitchcock's "The man who knew too much" (1956)?And there's this grandpa who is finally the most courageous person of the family .So old he does not even tell you his age ,but proud of his country and resisting to the gangster's hateful blackmail.
A good film by Wellman.