Big City Blues (1932)
Tragicomedia que parte del convencional argumento del paleto de Indiana que hereda una gran fortuna y parte hacia la ciudad de Nueva York. Allí, y con los malos consejos de su primo, descubrirá la buena vida, las mujeres, las juergas con alcohol y, cómo no, los problemas cuando tras una descontrolada borrachera una muchacha aparece asesinada. Versión cinematográfica sobre la obra teatral de Ward Morehouse.
Directora:
Mervyn LeRoy
Escritores:
Ward Morehouse, Lillie Hayward.
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Joan Blondell as Vida Fleet |
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Eric Linden as Bud Reeves |
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Jobyna Howland as Mrs. Serena Cartlich |
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Ned Sparks as Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse |
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Guy Kibbee as Hummell |
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Grant Mitchell as Station Agent |
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Walter Catlett as Gibboney |
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Inez Courtney as Faun |
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Thomas E. Jackson as Detective Quelkin |
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Herman Bing as First Waiter (uncredited) |
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Humphrey Bogart as Shep Adkins (uncredited) |
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Wallis Clark as Chief of Police (uncredited) |
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Tom Dugan as Red, Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Josephine Dunn as Jackie DeVoe (uncredited) |
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Betty Gillette as Mabel (uncredited) |
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Eddie Graham as Bus Station Clerk (uncredited) |
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Selmer Jackson as Joe (uncredited) |
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John Kelly as Driver (uncredited) |
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Evalyn Knapp as Jo-Jo (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Eric Mayne as Musician in Speakeasy (uncredited) |
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Edward McWade as Baggage Master (uncredited) |
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Torben Meyer as Second Waiter (uncredited) |
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Geneva Mitchell as Gossip at 55 Club (uncredited) |
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Clarence Muse as Nightclub Singer (uncredited) |
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J. Carrol Naish as Bootlegger (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Dice Spectator (uncredited) |
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Henry Otho as Subway Guide (uncredited) |
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Walter Percival as Jim (uncredited) |
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Dick Powell as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Harry Seymour as Reporter Telephoning (uncredited) |
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Gloria Shea as Agnes (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Sutton as Hotel Maid (uncredited) |
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Lyle Talbot as Len 'Lenny' Sully (uncredited) |
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Sheila Terry as Lorna St. Clair (uncredited) |
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Jack Wise as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Writing | Ward Morehouse | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Editing | Ray Curtiss | Editor |
| Art | Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Camera | James Van Trees | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Writing | Ward Morehouse | Theatre Play |
