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Crime Without Passion (1934)

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Lee Garmes
Writer : Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Lee Gentry
Margo
Margo
Carmen Brown
Whitney Bourne
Whitney Bourne
Katy Costello
Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges
Eddie White
Leslie Adams
Leslie Adams
State's Attorney O'Brien
Dorothy Bradshaw
Dorothy Bradshaw
Jury Member (uncredited)
Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Jack Carr
Defendant (uncredited)
Esther Dale
Esther Dale
Miss Keeley (uncredited)
Fraye Gilbert
Fraye Gilbert
Jury Member (uncredited)
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt
Della (uncredited)
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes
Charles Anthony Hughes
Man (uncredited)
Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Police Lt. Norton (uncredited)
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
Second Interviewer (uncredited)
Cornelius MacSunday
Cornelius MacSunday
Gentry's Butler (uncredited)
Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Marion Martin
Marion Martin
Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Fuller Mellish
Fuller Mellish
Judge (uncredited)
Betty Real
Betty Real
Waitress Slapping Lee Gentry (uncredited)
Betty Sundmark
Betty Sundmark
Jury Member (uncredited)
Paula Trueman
Paula Trueman
Buster Malloy (uncredited)

Crews

Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Director
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
Director
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Arthur Ellis
Arthur Ellis
Editor
Frank Tours
Frank Tours
Original Music Composer
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes
Director
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Story
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
Producer
Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur
Producer
Albert Johnson
Albert Johnson
Set Decoration
Arthur Rosson
Arthur Rosson
General Manager
Joseph I. Kane
Joseph I. Kane
Sound Recordist
Leslie Bain
Leslie Bain
Special Effects
Slavko Vorkapich
Slavko Vorkapich
Special Effects
Slavko Vorkapich
Slavko Vorkapich
Editorial Services
Frank Tours
Frank Tours
Music Arranger
Mickey King
Mickey King
Choreographer
James L. Shute
James L. Shute
Writers' Assistant
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant
Additional Music

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Crime Without Passion (Hecht/MacArthur, 1934)

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