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Riffraff is an American crime film first released in 1936,
directed by J. Walter Ruben.
The film stars Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia and Victor Kilian.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: J. Walter Ruben
- Script: Frances Marion, H.W. Hanemann, Anita Loos, George S. Kaufman, John Lee Mahin
- Cast: Jean Harlow (Hattie), Spencer Tracy (Dutch), Una Merkel (Lil), Joseph Calleia (Nick), Victor Kilian (’Flytrap’), Mickey Rooney (Jimmy), J. Farrell MacDonald (’Brains’), Roger Imhof (’Pops’), Juanita Quigley (Rosie), Paul Hurst (Belcher), Vince Barnett (Lew), Dorothy Appleby (Gertie), Judith Wood (Mabel), Arthur Housman (’Ratsy’), Wade Boteler (Bert), Joe Phillips (Al), William Newell (Pete), Al Hill (Speed), Helen Flint (Sadie), Lillian Harmer (Mrs. McCall), Bob Perry (’Lefty’), George Givot (Markis), Helene Costello (Maizie), Rafaela Ottiano (Matron), William Arnold (Cannery foreman), Polly Bailey (Woman at July 4 celebration), May Beatty (Old woman), Harry C. Bradley (Minister at wedding), Jack Byron (Fisherman), Eileen Carlisle (Woman (unconfirmed)), Harry Cording (Joe, an agitator), Frank Darien (Smoky, the night watchman), Brenda Fowler (Mrs. Morgan, the prison warden), Sig Frohlich (Extra), Joe Garion (Fisherman), John George (Fisherman), Sherry Hall (Fisherman), Eddie Hart (Roy, a fisherman), Ben Hendricks Jr. (Driver of escape car), Al Herman (Fisherman), Wally Maher (Newsreel cameraman), James A. Marcus (Fisherman), Herman Marx (Fisherman), Philo McCullough (Fisherman), Sam McDaniel (Train porter), Ivor McFadden (First moving man), Larry McGrath (Shorty, a fisherman), King Mojave (Fisherman), Bert Moorhouse (Chet, a fisherman), Edward Peil Sr. (Fisherman), Stanley Price (Fisherman), Marshall Ruth (Ed, an agitator), Robert R. Stephenson (Second moving man), Eddie Sturgis (Fisherman), Charles Sullivan (Heckling fisherman), Mary Wallace (Fisherman’s wife), Harry Wilson (Extra on dance floor), Tammany Young (Tramp at hobo camp)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min; B&W
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