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Man Of The People (1937)

NR 01/27/1937 Drama 1h 21m
70%
User
Score
6.1/10

The romance of a fighting man!

Overview

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Edwin L. Marin

Director

Frank Dolan

Story

Top Billed Cast

Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia

Jack Moreno

Florence Rice

Florence Rice

Abbey Reid

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

William J. Grady

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

Joe "The Glut" Dwyer

Catherine Doucet

Catherine Doucet

Hattie Reid

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Carter Spetner

Edward Nugent

Edward Nugent

Edward Spetner

Paul Stanton

Paul Stanton

Stringer

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Joseph B. Murphy

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 13, 2023

For a change, Joseph Calleia is local lad made good. "Moreno" has become an attorney minded to help out his community and that means he must do deals with the devil - exemplified by Thomas Mitchell's "Grady" who insists he defend one of his henchmen and in return offers him "protection". As courtroom dramas go - this stage is quite unique as it all revolves around a fish! Anyway, thereafter his new arrangement doesn't well suit his independent spirit, and he is soon teamed up with the DA and on the trail of swindlers trying to sell a contraption that can detect gold. The story is a bit all over the place and the writing offers little of substance for the actors to play with, but the plot is solid enough and the message of truth and integrity writ large. It is long, but is essentially two s...

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