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Director:
Harry Lachman
Writers:
Philip Klein (screenplay) and
Robert Yost (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 August 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern... more | add synopsis
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A Glimpse Of Hades more (9 total)

Cast

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Spencer Tracy ... Jim Carter

Claire Trevor ... Betty McWade
Henry B. Walthall ... Pop McWade
Alan Dinehart ... Jonesy
Scotty Beckett ... Alexander Carter (as Scott Beckett)
Robert Gleckler ... Dean

Rita Hayworth ... Dancer (as Rita Cansino)
Gary Leon ... Dancer
Willard Robertson ... Building Inspector Harris
Morgan Wallace ... Captain Morgan
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Runtime:
89 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #683) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
Company:
Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The dream sequence of the inferno is stock footage taken from the 1924 film Dante's Inferno (1924). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Picket Fences: Dante's Inferno (#4.16)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
The Wedding March more

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A Glimpse Of Hades, 14 February 2006
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

An amusement pier attraction based on DANTE'S INFERNO helps change the life of an unscrupulous concessionaire.

Spencer Tracy dominates this nifty little drama, which keeps its audience satisfied with good acting and special effects. Two disasters (the first on the pier and the second aboard a luxury party liner) add punch to the plot. Between them comes a remarkable 9-minute tour into the depths of the real Inferno, populated by scores of naked extras writhing in anguish. The Depression Era viewers which first saw this film certainly got their money's worth.

Tracy, always entertaining as he schemes & plots his way to unsavory success, is well served by his supporting players: lovely Claire Trevor as his loyal wife; gaunt Henry B. Walthall as Trevor's saintly father; little Scotty Beckett (one of the OUR GANG kids) as Tracy's innocent son; and Alan Dinehart as a faithful friend. That's Rita Hayworth as the featured dancer aboard the S.S. Paradise.

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