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I'm No Angel

  • 19331933
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.5K
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I'm No Angel (1933)
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  • Comedy
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  • Romance
Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wesley Ruggles
  • Writers
    • Mae West(story)
    • Lowell Brentano(suggestions)
  • Stars
    • Mae West
    • Cary Grant
    • Gregory Ratoff
Top credits
  • Director
    • Wesley Ruggles
  • Writers
    • Mae West(story)
    • Lowell Brentano(suggestions)
  • Stars
    • Mae West
    • Cary Grant
    • Gregory Ratoff
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 40User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    Trailer [EN]
    Trailer 1:52
    Trailer [EN]

    Photos91

    Cary Grant and Mae West in I'm No Angel (1933)
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    William B. Davidson and Mae West in I'm No Angel (1933)
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    Mae West
    Mae West
    • Tiraas Tira
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Jack Claytonas Jack Clayton
    Gregory Ratoff
    Gregory Ratoff
    • Benny Pinkowitzas Benny Pinkowitz
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Big Bill Bartonas Big Bill Barton
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Slick Wileyas Slick Wiley
    Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor
    • Kirk Lawrenceas Kirk Lawrence
    Gertrude Michael
    Gertrude Michael
    • Alicia Hattonas Alicia Hatton
    Russell Hopton
    Russell Hopton
    • The Barker Flea Madiganas The Barker Flea Madigan
    Dorothy Peterson
    Dorothy Peterson
    • Thelmaas Thelma
    William B. Davidson
    William B. Davidson
    • The Chump Ernest Brownas The Chump Ernest Brown
    • (as Wm. B. Davidson)
    Gertrude Howard
    • Beulah Thortndykeas Beulah Thortndyke
    Libby Taylor
    • Tira's Maidas Tira's Maid
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Man In Crowdas Man In Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Borden
    Eddie Borden
    • Carnival Sideshow Spectatoras Carnival Sideshow Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Omnesas Omnes
    • (uncredited)
    Morrie Cohan
    • Bartons Chauffeuras Bartons Chauffeur
    • (uncredited)
    Monte Collins
    • Sailor at Circusas Sailor at Circus
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Cooke
    Ray Cooke
    • Sailor at Circusas Sailor at Circus
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Writers
      • Mae West(story) (screenplay) (dialogue)
      • Lowell Brentano(suggestions)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      In 1935 and 1949, the production code was more rigorously enforced, and the film was not approved for re-release.
    • Goofs
      During closeup when Tira sorts through a pile of phonograph records with different titles (That Dallas Man, That Frisco Man, etc.), all the labels have same serial number.
    • Quotes

      Jack Clayton: You were wonderful tonight.

      Tira: Yeah, I'm always wonderful at night.

      Jack Clayton: Tonight, you were especially good.

      Tira: Well... When I'm good, I'm very good. But, when I'm bad...

      [winks at Jack]

      Tira: I'm better.

    • Crazy credits
      Before the Paramount logo appears on screen in the opening credits, a sign declares that the studio is an NRA (National Recovery Act) member with the text "We do our part" written beneath.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk
      (1933) (uncredited)

      Music by Harvey Brooks

      Lyrics by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison

      Sung by Mae West

    User reviews40

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    When I'm Good, I'm Very Good. But, When I'm Bad... I'm Better
    The dancer and lion tamer of a circus Tira (Mae West) meets with an admirer at a hotel room and her lover, the pickpocket Slick Wiley (Ralf Harolde) try to steal the man and hits his head with a bottle. Slick believes that he had killed the man and flees, but he is arrested by the police.

    Tira fears to be betrayed by Slick and asks for a loan to Big Bill Barton (Edward Arnold) to leave the place. However, he offers her the money provided she accepts to put her head into the mouth of a lion. The show is a success and the circus move to New York, where the millionaire Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor), who is engaged but becomes her "protector", giving expensive gifts to Tira. But when she meets Kirk's partner Jack Clayton (Cary Grant), they fall in love with each other and decide to get married. But Big Bill does not want to lose his great attraction and plots a scheme with Slick to call off the engagement of Clayton and Tira.

    "I'm No Angel" is one of the most important films of the controversial Mae West, the actress who saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy after the Great Depression. This actress was responsible for the censorship code in Hollywood and her malicious quotes are great. For example, "When I'm Good, I'm Very Good. But, When I'm Bad... I'm Better"; or the song "No One Does It Like a Dallas Man", that was forced to be changed "No One Loves Me Like a Dallas Man". My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Santa Não Sou" ("Saint I am not")
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • No soy un ángel
    • Filming locations
      • Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $225,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $159
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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