Summary
Crime Without Passion is an American crime film first released in 1934,
directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
The film stars Claude Rains, Margo, Whitney Bourne, Stanley Ridges and Leslie Adams.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- Script: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- Photo: Lee Garmes
- Music: Oscar Levant, Frank Tours
- Cast: Claude Rains (Lee Gentry), Margo (Carmen Brown), Whitney Bourne (Katy Costello), Stanley Ridges (Eddie White), Leslie Adams (Dist. Atty. O’Brien), Charles Kennedy (Police Lt. Norton), Paula Trueman (Buster Malloy), Esther Dale (Miss Keeley (Gentry’s secretary)), Greta Granstedt (Della), Fuller Mellish (Judge), Bobby Duncan Troupe (Ensemble), Alice Anthon (Undetermined Role), Dorothy Bradshaw (A Fury), Fanny Brice (Extra in hotel lobby), Jack Carr (Defendant), Fraye Gilbert (A Fury), Helen Hayes (Extra in hotel lobby), Ben Hecht (Court interviewer with pipe), Ethelyne Holt (Undetermined Role), Charles Anthony Hughes (Undetermined Role), Alice Jefferson (Undetermined Role), Mickey King (Undetermined Role), Charles MacArthur (2d Interviewer (light suit)), Cornelius MacSunday (Gentry’s butler), Marjorie Main (Backstage Wardrobe Woman), Marion Martin (Theatre Cashier), Betty Real (Waitress who slaps Lee Gentry), Betty Sundmark (A Fury)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 70 min; B&W
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