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Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all on the same day.
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Thomas A. Dickson
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Matt
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Mrs. Phyllis Dickson
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Helen
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Cyril Cluett
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Ives
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Inspector (as Robert E. O'Conner)
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Sampson (uncredited)
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Kelly (uncredited)
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O'Brien (uncredited)
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Depositor (uncredited)
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Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
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Dude Finlay (uncredited)
Eddie Foster ...
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Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Julia Griffith ...
Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Carter (uncredited)
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Oscar (uncredited)
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Loan-Seeker (uncredited)
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Charlie (uncredited)
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Judge (uncredited)
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Ames (uncredited)
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Clark (uncredited)
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Dr. Strong (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Tim (uncredited)
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Mrs. Halligan (uncredited)
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Depositor (uncredited)
Jeanne Sorel ...
Cluett's Secretary (uncredited)
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Panicked Depositor (uncredited)
Emma Tansey ...
Elderly Depositor (uncredited)
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Tom Gardner (uncredited)
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Sam (uncredited)
Walter Walker ...
Schultz (uncredited)
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Blonde Phone Operator (uncredited)

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Frank Capra ... (as Frank R. Capra)
Allan Dwan ... (uncredited)
Roy William Neill ... (uncredited)

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Robert Riskin ... (story and dialogue)

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Frank Capra ... producer (uncredited)
Harry Cohn ... producer

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Joseph Walker ... (photography)

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Maurice Wright ... film editor

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Stephen Goosson ... (uncredited)

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Charles C. Coleman ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Edward Bernds ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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André Barlatier ... camera operator (uncredited)
William Fraker Jr. ... still photographer (uncredited)
George F. Kelley ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Michael Walsh ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Mischa Bakaleinikoff ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Karl Hajos ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

During the 1930s Depression, the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson's bank want him to merge with New York Trust and resign; he refuses. One night, his bank is robbed of $100,000. The suspect is Matt Brown, an ex-convict whom Dickson hired and appointed Chief Teller. Brown, who's very loyal to Dickson, refuses to say where he was that night. He actually has two witnesses for his alibi, Mrs. Dickson and fellow worker Cyril Cluett, but Brown is protecting Dickson from finding out that Mrs. Dickson was with Cluett having a romantic evening. Cluett, who has a $50,000 gambling debt, is actually responsible for the robbery, but lets Brown take the rap. Will Brown's loyalty to Mr. Dickson pay off, or send him back to prison? Written by Kelly

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Taglines More Than a Love Story! More Than a Great Drama! ...IN FACT...GREATER THAN A MOTION PICTURE! (Print Ad- Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette, ((Greenfield, Mass.)) 13 October 1932) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Faith (United States)
  • Money (United States)
  • La ruée (France)
  • Der Tag an dem die Bank gestürmt wurde (Germany)
  • La locura del dólar (Spain)
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  • 75 min
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Trivia According to soundman Edward Bernds: "Allan Dwan started the picture and worked about a week or ten days on it... Dwan made even Walter Huston look bad, and we wondered how long it would take Cohn and Briskin to wake up to the fact. When [Capra] took the picture over, threw out everything that had been shot before, and started over again, I fully realized, for the first time, what directing really was. Scenes that had been dull became lively, performances that had been dead came alive." See more »
Goofs During the robbery scene, a cable can be seen protruding from the guard's trousers. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975). See more »
Soundtracks Prelude No.11 See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Thomas Dickson: Matt! I want you both to take the day off, go downtown, get a license, and get married right away.
[Matt starts to protest]
Thomas Dickson: I don't want to hear any more about it. If you don't get married I'm going to fire the both of you. Helen, while you're downtown, you might stop in and make reservations for the bridal suite on the Berengeria, sailing next week.
Matt Brown: Gee, thanks, Mr. Dickson.
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