Hide-Out (1934)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Mauri Grashin (story)
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 August 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.

Plot Keywords:

Racketeer | Police | Farm | Doctor | Playboy

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Robert Montgomery	...	Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Pauline Miller
Edward Arnold	...	Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy
Elizabeth Patterson	...	'Ma' Miller
Whitford Kane	...	Henry Miller
Mickey Rooney	...	William 'Willie' Miller
C. Henry Gordon	...	Tony Berrelli (the Boss)
Muriel Evans	...	'Baby'
Edward Brophy	...	Det. Britt
Henry Armetta	...	Shuman
Herman Bing	...	Jake
Louise Henry	...	Lilly, singer
Harold Huber	...	Dr. Warner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tenen Holtz	...	(scenes deleted)
Ruth and Lester	...	Dancers in specialty adagio dance (unconfirmed)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #126)

Filming Locations:

Santa Cruz, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Movie Connections:

Remade as I'll Wait for You (1941)

Soundtrack:

All I Do Is Dream of You

Life on a farm

Robert Montgomery plays a gangster hiding out on a farm in "Hide-Out," a 1934 film also starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Elizabeth Patterson, Whitford Kane, and Mickey Rooney. With the police after him, Lucky Wilson takes off but ends up shot and unconscious. He is then found by a farmer Miller (Kane) who takes him home. There, Lucky, now calling himself by his real name, Jonathan, meets a normal American family, including an above-normal looking Pauline (Maureen O'Sullivan), who is the daughter of the house. Jonathan stretches out his recovery and begins to enjoy the idyllic life of milking cows, feeding chickens, romancing Pauline, and being sort of a big brother to her younger sibling Willie (Mickey Rooney).

This is a sweet film with nothing special to recommend it except the beautiful young O'Sullivan and an amusing performance by Montgomery. In one of the best scenes, he sits at a ringside table and asks a singer out - while she's singing - and she answers him under her breath during short orchestral interludes.

The end seems a little abrupt, but this is a pleasant film. If Mrs. Miller looks familiar, she was Mrs. Trumbull, the neighbor who babysat Little Ricky on "I Love Lucy."