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Two Against the World

  • 19361936
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
594
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POPULARITY
107,328
11,015
Humphrey Bogart and Beverly Roberts in Two Against the World (1936)
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A radio network manager's boss makes him air a Serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.A radio network manager's boss makes him air a Serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.A radio network manager's boss makes him air a Serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
594
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
107,328
11,015
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • William C. McGann
    • Writers
      • Michael Jacoby(screen play by)
      • Louis Weitzenkorn(play "Five Star Final")
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Beverly Roberts
      • Linda Perry
    Top credits
    • Director
      • William C. McGann
    • Writers
      • Michael Jacoby(screen play by)
      • Louis Weitzenkorn(play "Five Star Final")
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Beverly Roberts
      • Linda Perry
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Sherry Scott
    Beverly Roberts
    Beverly Roberts
    • Alma Ross
    Linda Perry
    Linda Perry
    • Edith Carstairs
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    Carlyle Moore Jr.
    • Malcolm Sims Jr.
    • (as Carlisle Moore Jr.)
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • Jim Carstairs
    Helen MacKellar
    Helen MacKellar
    • Martha Carstairs
    • (as Helen McKellar)
    Claire Dodd
    Claire Dodd
    • Cora Latimer
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • Tippy Mantus
    Harry Hayden
    • Dr. Martin Leavenworth
    Robert Middlemass
    Robert Middlemass
    • Bertram C. Reynolds
    • (as Robert Middlemas)
    Clay Clement
    Clay Clement
    • Mr. Banning
    Douglas Wood
    Douglas Wood
    • Malcolm Sims
    Virginia Brissac
    Virginia Brissac
    • Marion Sims
    Paula Stone
    Paula Stone
    • Miss Symonds
    Robert Gordon
    • Herman Mills
    • (as Bobby Gordon)
    Frank Orth
    Frank Orth
    • Tommy - Bartender
    Howard Hickman
    Howard Hickman
    • Dr. Maguire
    Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
    • Sound Mixer
    • (as Ferdinard Schumann-Heink)
    • Director
      • William C. McGann
    • Writers
      • Michael Jacoby(screen play by)
      • Louis Weitzenkorn(play "Five Star Final") (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The first film where Humphrey Bogart receives top billing.
    • Goofs
      Sherry should be familiar with how to leave his office, but he almost bumps into the wall when he leaves.
    • Connections
      Featured in Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      Here's Looking at You
      (uncredited)

      Music by M.K. Jerome

    User reviews16

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Airing Old and Dirty Linen
    Jack Warner was a movie mogul who never let a good story go to waste. After doing an acclaimed version of Five Star Final with Edward G. Robinson four years earlier, Warner Brothers did a cut rate B picture version, shifting the location to a Fox News like radio station.

    Humphrey Bogart steps into Robinson's role as the programming director of the radio station where the owner has a new idea for ratings. He commissions a dramatization of an old murder to be done as a multi-part serial over several weeks.

    Helen MacKellar is the woman in question. She killed her husband and a jury acquitted her. Since then she's been living quietly, married again with a daughter. The daughter, Linda Perry, is about to be married to the son of a steel tycoon and she knows nothing about her mother's past.

    After MacKellar and her husband Henry O'Neill try every means of pressure to bring to bear against the radio station, they fail and tragedy results.

    If it all sounds melodramatic, take my word for it, it is. Still it has Humphrey Bogart in it and there's a nice performance by Harry Hayden who is the genius behind the program in question. Boris Karloff did the part in Five Star Final, but Hayden is fine as the sanctimonious fraud.

    Really though for dedicated fans of Bogey.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Sep 19, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • One Fatal Hour
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      57 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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