Ich bin kein Engel (1933)
Die Löwenbändigerin Tira ist die Zugnummer in Bill Bartons “Wonder Show”. Ihre üppige Schönheit und ihr Mut reißen das Publikum zu Beifallsstürmen hin – vor allem das männliche. Die Frauen sind weniger begeistert, denn scharenweise laufen ihre Verehrer zu Tira über. Tira hat zwei Leidenschaften: gutaussehende Männer und glitzernde Juwelen. Ihr augenblicklicher Favorit ist Slick, der “König der Taschendiebe”, ein ebenso freigebiger wie eifersüchtiger Galan. Doch eine Tira läßt sich nicht an einen Mann fesseln. Das verwirrt den Armen so, daß er bei der Ausübung seines Berufs unvorsichtig wird und der Polizei in die Hände fällt. Tira wird der Beihilfe beschuldigt und gerät ebenfalls hinter Gitter. Ihr skrupelloser Boß bezahlt die Kaution erst, als Tira verspricht, in der nächsten Show ihren Kopf in den Rachen des Löwen zu stecken. Zähneknirschend willigt sie ein. Ihr Auftritt wird zur Sensation. In der Garderobe der kühnen Schönheit drängen sich die erlesensten Gäste.
Der Regisseur:
Wesley Ruggles
Der Autor:
Mae West
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Mae West as Tira |
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Cary Grant as Jack Clayton |
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Gregory Ratoff as Benny Pinkowitz |
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Edward Arnold as Big Bill Barton |
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Ralf Harolde as Slick Wiley |
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Kent Taylor as Kirk Lawrence |
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Gertrude Michael as Alicia Hatton |
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Russell Hopton as 'Flea' Madigan |
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Dorothy Peterson as Thelma |
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William B. Davidson as Ernest Brown |
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Gertrude Howard as Beulah Thorndyke |
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Libby Taylor as Tira's Maid |
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Walter Walker as Judge (uncredited) |
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Irving Pichel as Clayton's Attorney (uncredited) |
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Nat Pendleton as Harry (uncredited) |
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Hattie McDaniel as Manicurist (uncredited) |
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Nigel De Brulier as Rajah the Fortune Teller (uncredited) |
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Ray Cooke as Sailor at Circus (uncredited) |
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Larry Steers as Lawyer at Courtroom Defense Table (uncredited) |
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Bobby Barber as Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
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Eddie Borden as Carnival Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
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George Bruggeman as Omnes (uncredited) |
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Morrie Cohan as Barton's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
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Monte Collins as Sailor at Circus (uncredited) |
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Nell Craig as Mrs. Bond (uncredited) |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
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Edward Hearn as Court Clerk (uncredited) |
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Lew Kelly as Joe - Animal Keeper (uncredited) |
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Carl M. Leviness as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Tom London as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
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Robert McKenzie as Man at Rooming House (uncredited) |
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Edmund Mortimer as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) |
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Jack Pennick as Carny on Spotlight (uncredited) |
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Lee Phelps as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
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Ronald R. Rondell as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited) |
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Duke York as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
| Directing | Wesley Ruggles | Director |
| Writing | Gladys DuBois | Lyricist |
| Sound | Harvey Brooks | Songs |
| Writing | Ben Ellison | Lyricist |
| Sound | Philip Wisdom | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Harlan Thompson | Continuity |
| Crew | Karl Hajos | Additional Music |
| Writing | Mae West | Screenplay |
| Crew | Adolph Zukor | Presenter |
| Writing | Mae West | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Writing | Mae West | Dialogue |
| Writing | Lowell Brentano | Other |
| Sound | F.E. Dine | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rudolph G. Kopp | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Herman Hand | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Editing | Otho Lovering | Editor |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Production | William LeBaron | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Art | Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Sound | Howard Jackson | Original Music Composer |