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Director:
Lothar Mendes
Writers:
Jeffrey Dell (play)
Ernest Vajda (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 November 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits... more | full synopsis
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Cast

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Charles Laughton ... William Marble

Maureen O'Sullivan ... Winnie Marble
Dorothy Peterson ... Annie Marble
Verree Teasdale ... Marguerite Collins

Ray Milland ... James Medland
Billy Bevan ... Charlie Hammond
Halliwell Hobbes ... A Prospective Tenant
William Stack ... A Doctor
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5571-R, 1 August 1939 for re-release)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York on 30 September 1931 and ran for 70 performances. Charles Laughton originated the role of William Marble. Also in the cast were Elsa Lanchester and Lionel Pape. 5 dialogue cuts to remove suggestive remarks were made for the 1939 re-release. Some censors eliminated references to cyanide before allowing the showing of the movie. more
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Marguerite Collins: Here I am, tied to a little shop. Ah well. We must try to smile, eh? But it is lonely. My husband is in a hospital in France. The war.
William Marble: Where was he wounded?
Marguerite Collins: Ohhh...
[shakes head]
Marguerite Collins: . That I cannot tell you. Oh, it is terrible!
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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Charles Laughton Misbehaves, 25 February 2001
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

After committing a horrible murder, an insolvent bank clerk finds the PAYMENT DEFERRED on his crime in the most surprising matter.

Reprising his stage role, Charles Laughton, all fidgets & blinks, is the main reason to view this little film. He overacts outrageously and is vastly entertaining to watch, even if the plot of this domestic melodrama becomes turgid at times. With his large face, sad eyes & nervous body, he is the very picture of a man dealing with a terribly guilty conscience. Cooing like a dove, roused to brutish wrath or laughing maniacally, Laughton is certainly never boring. With his great film roles still ahead of him (Henry VIII, Bligh, Quasimodo), Laughton in this early role shows hints of his eventual greatness.

The rest of the cast really defer to Laughton, but they all play their parts very well, especially Dorothy Peterson as his long-suffering wife - her emotional agony as Laughton's secrets slowly dawn upon her are truly painful to watch. Maureen O'Sullivan shows spunk as their social climbing daughter; Verree Teasdale is pure poison as a French seductress.

Billy Bevan as a nosy neighbor, Halliwell Hobbes as an old fellow fascinated with crime, and young Ray Milland as Laughton's charming, tragic nephew all make their small roles memorable.

The frankly handled adultery points to the film's pre-Production Code status.

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