Crime Without Passion
1934 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes |
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| Writer: | Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht |
| Staring: |
| Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 1934 |
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| Director: | Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes |
| Writer: | Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | murder, lawyer |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Hecht-MacArthur Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Claude Rains | Lee Gentry |
| Margo | Carmen Brown |
| Whitney Bourne | Katy Costello |
| Stanley Ridges | Eddie White |
| Leslie Adams | State's Attorney O'Brien |
| Dorothy Bradshaw | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Fanny Brice | Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| Jack Carr | Defendant (uncredited) |
| Esther Dale | Miss Keeley (uncredited) |
| Fraye Gilbert | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Greta Granstedt | Della (uncredited) |
| Helen Hayes | Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| Ben Hecht | Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited) |
| Charles Anthony Hughes | Man (uncredited) |
| Charles Kennedy | Police Lt. Norton (uncredited) |
| Charles MacArthur | Second Interviewer (uncredited) |
| Cornelius MacSunday | Gentry's Butler (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Main | Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) |
| Marion Martin | Theatre Cashier (uncredited) |
| Fuller Mellish | Judge (uncredited) |
| Betty Real | Waitress Slapping Lee Gentry (uncredited) |
| Betty Sundmark | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| Paula Trueman | Buster Malloy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles MacArthur | Screenplay, Director |
| Ben Hecht | Story, Screenplay, Director |
| Arthur Ellis | Editor |
| Frank Tours | Original Music Composer, Music Arranger |
| Lee Garmes | Director, Director of Photography |
| James L. Shute | Writers' Assistant |
| Albert Johnson | Set Decoration |
| Slavko Vorkapich | Editorial Services, Special Effects |
| Leslie Bain | Special Effects |
| Joseph I. Kane | Sound Recordist |
| Mickey King | Choreographer |
| Arthur Rosson | General Manager |
| Oscar Levant | Additional Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ben Hecht | Producer |
| Charles MacArthur | Producer |
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Claude Rains is good in this as the smug, intelligent lawyer "Gentry" who prides himself on being able to get even the most odious of criminals acquitted. That ensures that just about every one in law enforcement loathes him - until, that is, serendipity strikes a blow as he gets very jealous about ... the antics of girlfriend "Carmen" (Margo) and is soon having to establish an alibi for himself - and things really take a turn for the bizarre. Indeed, that's probably the word for much of this production. The opening scenes are quirky, to say the least - though it does revert to a better trodden path as it progresses. The writing is basic, and it's delivery frequently quite staccato in style which doesn't help the pace much, but it is still enjoyable to see the star playing well.