Dante’s Inferno (1935) - film review

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Dante’s Inferno is an American film first released in 1935, directed by Harry Lachman. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart and Scotty Beckett. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Harry Lachman
Script: Dante Alighieri, Philip Klein, Robert Yost, Lou Breslow, Lester Cole, Rose Franken, Henry Johnson
Photo: Rudolph Maté
Music: R.H. Bassett, Peter Brunelli, David Buttolph, Hugo Friedhofer, Samuel Kaylin, Arthur Lange, Gene Rose
Cast: Spencer Tracy (Jim Carter), Claire Trevor (Betty McWade), Henry B. Walthall (Pop McWade), Alan Dinehart (Jonesy), Scotty Beckett (Alexander Carter), Robert Gleckler (Dean), Rita Hayworth (Dancer), Gary Leon (Dancer), Willard Robertson (Building Inspector Harris), Morgan Wallace (Captain Morgan), Astrid Allwyn (Girl in Stoke-Hold), Don Ameche (Man in Stoke-Hold), Oscar Apfel (Mr. Williams), Mary Ashcraft (Girl in New Inferno), Gertrude Astor (Concessionaire’s Wife), Frank Austin (Photographer), Zita Baca (Undetermined Role), Lynn Bari (Amusement Park Patron), Hal Boyer (College Boy), Joe Brown (Baseball Concessionaire), Georgia Caine (Fortune Teller), Yakima Canutt (Stoker on the Paradise), Patricia Caron (Sailor’s Girl), Johnny Carpenter (Concessionaire), George Chan (Concessionaire), Lita Chevret (Mrs. Marlin), Ruth Clifford (Mrs. Gray), Frank Conroy (Defense Attorney), Ray Corrigan (Devil), Shirley Deane (Undetermined Role), Dorothy Dix (Ticket Seller), Jay Eaton (Bidder), Jean Fenwick (Person in Boiler Room), Jerry Gamble (Spieler), Bud Geary (Park Attendant), John George (Abdullah – the Hunchback Spieler), Kenneth Gibson (Assistant Purser), Gale Goodson (Little Bo Peep), Robert Graves (Drunk in Cabin), Hale Hamilton (Mr. Wallace), Russell Hicks (Prosecuting Attorney), Harry Holman (Jolly Fat Man), Shep Houghton (Dancer), Billie Huber (Wife), George Humbert (Tony – the Hamburger Stand Proprietor), Warren Hymer (Bozo – a Stoker), George Irving (Judge), Gardner James (Radio Operator), Andre Johnsen (Salome), Elinor Johnson (Sappho), Noble Johnson (Devil), Payne B. Johnson (Small boy), Tiny Jones (Concessionaire’s Wife), Joyzelle Joyner (Specialty Dancer), Eve Kimberly (Oriental Maid), Marion Ladd (Girl in New Inferno), Leone Lane (Borgio), Andrea Leeds (Anna – Betty’s Maid), Jack Lloyd (College Boy), Lorna Low (Cleopatra), Cliff Lyons (Stoker on the Paradise), George Magrill (Ship’s Officer), Margaret McChrystal (Trumpeter), John McGuire (Wireless Operator), Bob Reel McKee (Wireless Operator’s Assistant), Paul McVey (Police Detective Assistant), Edward McWade (Professor of Anatomy), George Meeker (Drunk at Ship’s Cafe), Harold Miller (Person in Boiler Room), Frank Moran (Mike – a Stoker), Edmund Mortimer (Ship Passenger), Jack Norton (Drunk in Cabin), Paddy O’Flynn (Husband), Dennis O’Keefe (Extra in Ship’s Fire Sequence), Paul Palmer (Ship’s Officer), Lloyd Pantages (Drunk at Ship’s Cafe), Edward Pawley (Clinton – Ship’s Officer), Barbara Pepper (Drunk at Ship’s Cafe), Aloha Porter (Devil), Paul Power (Man in New Inferno), Jayne Regan (College Girl), Cyril Ring (Drunk Looking Out Porthole), Constantine Romanoff (Stoker), Ronald R. Rondell (Ticket Buyer), Angelo Rossitto (Undetermined Role), Robert Ross (Court Clerk), Gloria Roy (Society Girl), Harry Schultz (Concessionaire), Paul Schwegler (Devil), Reginald Sheffield (Bidder), Ruthelma Stevens (Girl in Stoke-Hold), Dorothy Stockmar (Trumpeter), Harry Strang (Ship’s Officer), Marion Strickland (Eve), Charles Sullivan (Drunken Sailor), Juana Sutton (Catherine de Medici), Eddie Tamblyn (Page Boy), Maude Truax (Fat Dowager), Richard Tucker (Mr. Hamilton), Maidel Turner (Mme. Zucchini), Max Wagner (Drunken Sailor), Nella Walker (Mrs. Hamilton), Barrett Whitelaw (Man in Boiler Room), Charles C. Wilson (Police Inspector), Harry Wilson (Stoker), Harry Woods (Second Officer Reynolds)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 89 min; B&W

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