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WISECRACKS! GUNMEN! ACTION!
1929 | 75m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
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| Writer: | Walter DeLeon, Jack Jungmeyer |
| Staring: |
| A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 06, 1929 |
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| Director: | Gregory La Cava |
| Writer: | Walter DeLeon, Jack Jungmeyer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | pre-code |
| Production Companies | Pathé Exchange |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Armstrong | Steve Banks |
| Carole Lombard | Margaret Banks |
| Louis Payne | Hensel |
| Wade Boteler | O'Neill |
| Charles Sellon | J.W. Addison |
| Sam Hardy | Joe Reno |
| Tom Kennedy | Officer Ryan |
| Warner Richmond | Phelps |
| Helen Ainsworth | Vera |
| Herbert Clark | Pells |
| Gertrude Sutton | Helen |
| George 'Gabby' Hayes | Hoffman |
| Vernon Steele | Reporter |
| Clarence Wilson | Coroner |
| Fred Behrle | Elevator Man |
| Colin Chase | Birn |
| Robert Dudley | Telegraph Editor |
| Lew Ayres | Copyboy (uncredited) |
| James Donlan | Deke |
| Lynton Brent | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Richard Cramer | Hood (uncredited) |
| Harry Semels | Reno Henchman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John J. Mescall | Director of Photography |
| Gregory La Cava | Director |
| Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Marty Santell | Assistant Director |
| Walter DeLeon | Writer |
| Edward C. Jewell | Art Direction |
| George S. Brooks | Theatre Play |
| Jack Jungmeyer | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ralph Block | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Robert Armstrong ("Steve") is a reporter at a busy newspaper where he spends much of his time drinking or nursing an hangover. His behaviour is testing the patience not just of his bosses, but of his wife Margaret (a feisty Carole Lombard) who works for another newspaper and for some reason is still ... keen on him. When he finds himself on the wrong end of a murder investigation, she must help him track down the true culprit. The thing about this film is the dialogue - it is relentless and after a while becomes quite irritating and largely humourless. Sure, it deals with alcoholism (and it's side effects) in a way that the code would soon discourage, but as he comes across as somewhat odious and the whole pace, though frenetic as you might expect in a 1920s newspaper office, goes nowhere fast for the vast majority of the film. Even the last fifteen minutes - in which everything of note occurs - doesn't really lift it. I just found myself a bit bored by it all and it seemed longer than it's 75 minutes.