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Crime Without Passion (1934)

5.8/10 1h 10m Aug 30, 1934
Crime Drama

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Crime Without Passion
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Lee Gentry
Popularity: 6.8
Margo
Margo
Carmen Brown
Popularity: 7.7
Whitney Bourne
Whitney Bourne
Katy Costello
Popularity: 0.8
Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges
Eddie White
Popularity: 2.1
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Leslie Adams
State's Attorney O'Brien
Popularity: 0.1
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Dorothy Bradshaw
Jury Member (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.0
Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Popularity: 3.1
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Jack Carr
Defendant (uncredited)
Popularity: 5.5
Esther Dale
Esther Dale
Miss Keeley (uncredited)
Popularity: 2.7
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Fraye Gilbert
Jury Member (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt
Della (uncredited)
Popularity: 2.2
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Popularity: 10.1

Key Crew

Screenplay Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Director Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Lee Garmes
Editor Arthur Ellis
Producer Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur

Production

Hecht-MacArthur Productions
Paramount Pictures
US

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Crime Without Passion (Hecht/MacArthur, 1934)
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Keywords

murder lawyer

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 13, 2022

Claude Rains is good in this as the smug, intelligent lawyer "Gentry" who prides himself on being able to get even the most odious of criminals acquitted. That ensures that just about every one in law enforcement loathes him - until, that is, serendipity strikes a blow as he gets very jealous about ... Read more

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Details
Release Date August 30, 1934
Runtime 1h 10m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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