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Conrad Nagel | ... |
Roger Towne
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Kay Johnson | ... |
Cynthia Crothers
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Charles Bickford | ... |
Hagon Derk aka The Fire Boss
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Julia Faye | ... |
Marcia Towne
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Joel McCrea | ... |
Marco - Her Boy Friend
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Muriel McCormac | ... |
Katie Derk
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Robert Edeson | ... |
Wise Fool
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William Holden | ... |
Wise Fool
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Henry Stockbridge | ... |
Wise Fool
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Leslie Fenton | ... |
Young 'Vulture'
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Barton Hepburn | ... |
Young 'Vulture'
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Tyler Brooke | ... |
The Life of the Party
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Robert T. Haines | ... |
The Judge
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Douglas Scott | ... |
Bobby
(as Douglas Frazer Scott)
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Jane Keckley | ... |
His Mother
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Fred Walton | ... |
The Doctor
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Judith Barrett | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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Wade Boteler | ... |
Mine Foreman (uncredited)
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Ed Brady | ... |
Coal Miner (uncredited)
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Clarence Burton | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Russ Columbo | ... |
Singing Mexican Prisoner (uncredited)
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Blanche Craig | ... |
Neighbor - Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
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Sidney D'Albrook | ... |
Coal Miner (uncredited)
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Robert Dudley | ... |
Store Proprietor (uncredited)
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Neely Edwards | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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Jeanne Eyre | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Jim Farley | ... |
Death Row Police Officer (uncredited)
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Anita Garvin | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Mary Gordon | ... |
Neighbor at Store (uncredited)
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Ernest Hilliard | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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Tiny Jones | ... |
Townswoman at Store (uncredited)
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Scott Kolk | ... |
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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Rita La Roy | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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James A. Marcus | ... |
Mining Engineer (uncredited)
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Edna May | ... |
Flapper (uncredited)
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June Nash | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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Randolph Scott | ... |
Coal Miner (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Ynez Seabury | ... |
Neighbor - Mrs. Johnson's Daughter (uncredited)
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Buster Slaven | ... |
Little Boy (uncredited)
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Emma Tansey | ... |
Old Deaf Woman at Race (uncredited)
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Robert Wilber | ... |
Convict (uncredited)
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Marjorie Zier | ... |
Good Mixer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille |
Written by
Jeanie Macpherson | ... | (by) |
John Howard Lawson | ... | (dialogue) & |
Gladys Unger | ... | (dialogue) and |
Jeanie Macpherson | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
Cecil B. DeMille | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
William Axt | ... | (uncredited) |
Arthur Lange | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
J. Peverell Marley | ... | (photographed by) (as Peverell Marley) |
Editing by
Anne Bauchens | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons | ||
Mitchell Leisen | ... | (as J. Mitchell Leisen) |
Costume Design by
Adrian | ... | (gowns) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mitchell Leisen | ... | assistant director (as J. Mitchell Leisen) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording engineer |
James Brock | ... | sound recording engineer (uncredited) |
Jack Jordan | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Herbert Stothart | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (Cecil B. DeMille's Production)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Regal Films (1929) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films Ltd.)
- Jury Metro-Goldwyn (1930) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1929) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1930) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1930) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- Western Electric (sound system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know--and doesn't want to know. Written by Ron Kerrigan |
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Taglines | There's DYNAMITE in the lax moral code of the idle rich! DYNAMITE in the scenes of daring love-making! DYNAMITE in the clash between upper and under worlds! (Print Ad- Owosso Argus-Press,((Owosso, Mich.)) 4 February 1930) See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Carole Lombard was replaced during filming, but can still be seen in the released print. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Fatale beauté (1994). See more » |
Soundtracks | How Am I to Know See more » |
Crazy Credits | Film Title is shown as the word DYNAMITE written on a box of..... dynamite, after being set down by a worker. See more » |
Quotes |
Hagon Derk:
Ahhhh... bull! See more » |