Laughing at Trouble
WITH SMILE OR FROWN SHE RULED THE TOWN!
1936 | 67m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Frank R. Strayer |
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| Writer: | Helen Logan, Robert Ellis |
| Staring: |
| A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 11, 1936 |
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| Director: | Frank R. Strayer |
| Writer: | Helen Logan, Robert Ellis |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | escaped convict |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jane Darwell | Glory Bradford |
| Brook Byron | Mary Bradford |
| Sara Haden | Mrs. Jennie Nevins |
| Lois Wilson | Alice Mathews |
| Margaret Hamilton | Lizzie Beadle |
| Pert Kelton | Ella McShane |
| John Carradine | Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady |
| James Burke | Bill Norton |
| Russell Hicks | Cyrus Hall |
| Eddie Acuff | Jamie Bradford |
| Frank Reicher | Dr. Larson |
| William Benedict | Wilbur |
| Edward McWade | Harvey |
| Allan Lane | John Campbell |
| Margaret Brayton | Hall's Secretary |
| Nora Cecil | Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman |
| Jack Cheatham | Townsman in Mob |
| Silver Harr | Deputy |
| Arthur Hoyt | Sam Turner |
| John Ince | Foreman of Jury |
| Jane Keckley | Mrs. Parker |
| Lew Kelly | Ed Johnson |
| George Magrill | Deputy |
| James Pier Mason | Seth Williams - Townsman in Mob |
| Robert McKenzie | Tom Riordan |
| Elsa Newell | Mamie |
| Victor Potel | Lem Parker |
| Caroline Rankin | Courtroom Spectator |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Clerk of Court |
| Carl Stockdale | Judge |
| Cecil Weston | Courtroom Spectator |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nick DeMaggio | Editor |
| Duncan Cramer | Art Direction |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Adelyn Bushnell | Theatre Play |
| Helen Logan | Screenplay |
| Frank R. Strayer | Director |
| Robert Ellis | Screenplay |
| Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Samuel Kaylin | Music Director |
| Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Max Golden | Associate Producer |
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