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Title: High Pressure (1932)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| William Powell | ... | Gar Evans | |
| Evelyn Brent | ... | Francine Dale | |
| George Sidney | ... | Colonel Ginsburg | |
| John Wray | ... | Jimmy Moore | |
| Evalyn Knapp | ... | Helen Wilson | |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | Clifford Gray | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Mike Donahey | |
| Oscar Apfel | ... | Mr. Hackett | |
| Ben Alexander | ... | Geoffrey Weston | |
| Harold Waldridge | ... | Gus Vanderbilt (as Harold Waldrige) | |
| Charles Middleton | ... | Mr. Banks | |
| Harry Beresford | ... | Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer | |
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Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and persuades a lot of people to invest. He believes that the process to produce artificial rubber exists, but does it? Written by ppllkk
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bare chested male | male in shower | female jealousy | male female relationship | artificial rubber |Taglines:
WHAT A MAN! Promoter of Wildcat Stocks and Bearcat Blondes! (Print Ad- Decorah Public Opinion, ((Decorah, Iowa)) 25 February 1932)Genres:
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Jimmy Moore: Now that's tough. Bank presidents have been committing suicide so fast lately there's only a few of them left.
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(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Powell
Lyrics by George Asaf
Sung twice at sales rallies
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In the opening scene in a speakeasy, Colonel Ginsburg takes a sip of beer, grimaces and says "I can taste the needles". This refers to "needle beer" which was made by taking legal, low-alcohol beer and adding grain alcohol to it, often by injecting into the keg with a needle. See more »Quotes
Gar Evans: I want you to get me a bank president for our treasurer.Jimmy Moore: Now that's tough. Bank presidents have been committing suicide so fast lately there's only a few of them left.
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Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Powell
Lyrics by George Asaf
Sung twice at sales rallies
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 January 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ein ausgefuchster Gauner See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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This is an easy film to forget if it weren't for yet another very nice performance by William Powell. In fact, without Powell there just wouldn't be much of a film as he single-handedly carries the movie. And, for that reason, it's a decent time-passer worth seeing.
Powell plays a sharp-talking salesman type--a guy who can sell practically anything to anyone. While he's been pretty willing to hawk just about anything, this time he becomes excited as this time he starts to believe in the product--a new synthetic rubber. But, over the course of the film, he starts to realize that all his VERY high-pressure salesmanship might just be for what could be an outright fraud. What's he to do? In many ways, this film is reminiscent of "Boiler Room", as in part of the film you see a huge room filled with slicksters on the phone--saying just about anything to sell shares in this company. Interesting and worth seeing.
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