Summary
Satan Met a Lady is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1936,
directed by William Dieterle.
The film is based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett and stars Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher and Marie Wilson.
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Credits
- Director: William Dieterle
- Script: Dashiell Hammett (novel), Brown Holmes
- Photo: Arthur Edeson
- Cast: Bette Davis (Valerie Purvis), Warren William (Ted Shayne), Alison Skipworth (Madame Barabbas), Arthur Treacher (Anthony Travers), Marie Wilson (Miss Murgatroyd), Wini Shaw (Mrs. Astrid Ames), Porter Hall (Ames – Shayne’s partner), Olin Howland (Plainclothes sgt. Roy Dunhill), Charles C. Wilson (Plainclothes lt. Pollock), John Alexander (Black Porter), J.H. Allen (Bootblack), May Beatty (Mrs. Arden), Barbara Blane (Babe), Billy Bletcher (Father of Sextuplets), James P. Burtis (Detective), Frank Darien (Hotel Clerk), William B. Davidson (Spokesman – City Fathers Committee), Don Downen (Reporter), John Elliott (City Fathers Committee Member), Sol Gorss (Jackie Farrow), Kid Herman (Bootblack), Maynard Holmes (Kenneth – Barabbas’s young gunman), Joe King (Detective), Alice La Mont (Mother of Sextuplets), Alphonse Martell (Headwaiter), Edward McWade (City Fathers Committee Member), Bert Moorhouse (Man in Club), Jack Richardson (Second Photographer), Cliff Saum (Patrol Officer), Francis Sayles (Detective), Eddie Shubert (Detective), Ray Turner (The Porter), Huey White (Taxi Driver), Leo White (Room Service Waiter), Douglas Williams (Dock Walloper), Jack Wise (Pushy Photographer)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 74 min
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