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Penthouse (1933)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Mystery

Runtime : 1H 28M

Director : W.S. Van Dyke
Writer : Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich

Synopsis

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

Actors

Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter
Jackson 'Jack' Durant
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
Gertie Waxted
Charles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth
Layton
Mae Clarke
Mae Clarke
Mimi Montagne
Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes
Tom Siddall
C. Henry Gordon
C. Henry Gordon
Jim Crelliman
Martha Sleeper
Martha Sleeper
Sue Leonard
Nat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton
Tony Gazotti
George E. Stone
George E. Stone
Tim Murtoch
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
Raymond Hatton
Raymond Hatton
Bodyguard
Arthur Belasco
Arthur Belasco
Bodyguard
William Bailey
William Bailey
Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Ed Brady
Man at Crelliman's Place (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Theresa Harris
Lili (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Edward Hearn
Detective (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel S. Hinds
Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Joe (uncredited)
George Magrill
George Magrill
Crelliman's Butler (uncredited)
Miriam Marlin
Miriam Marlin
Lottie a Chorine (uncredited)
Henry Otho
Henry Otho
Crelliman's Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
Detective (uncredited)
Frank Rice
Frank Rice
Unknown Man on Phone (uncredited)
William Stack
William Stack
Rutherford (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale
Levi Levitoff (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Charles Sullivan
Crelliman's Henchman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Harry Tenbrook
Customer at Crelliman's Place (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Guy Usher
News Editor (uncredited)

Crews

W.S. Van Dyke
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Arthur Somers Roche
Arthur Somers Roche
Story
Hunt Stromberg
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
William Axt
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Lucien N. Andriot
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography
Harold Rosson
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Robert Kern
Robert Kern
Editor
Alexander Toluboff
Alexander Toluboff
Art Direction
Adrian
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin B. Willis
Interior Designer

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