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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 53GoodWatch 57
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 11 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −29 min on the typical 100
typical 10071Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1935
September 15, 1935
91 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaMysteryRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
17 of 17
Victor JoryJimmy Hart
Evelyn VenablePatricia Wallace
Esther RalstonElaine Vincent
Erin O'Brien-MooreMary Bradley
Ralph ForbesFred Arnold
Sidney BlackmerGilbert Landon
Vince BarnettMr. Jones
Clay ClementJohn Bradley
Bobby WatsonGerald Wilson
Lee MoranLarry Houston
Syd SaylorSmith - Steward
Libby TaylorFawn - Patricia's Maid
Edward HearnMack - Purser
Allan CavanSenior Conductor
Tommy BuppWilbur (uncredited)
John RidgelyTrain Steward (uncredited)- MTMartin TurnerButler In Play
Directing · 1
- Leonard Fields Director, Screenplay
Writing · 3
- David Silverstein Screenplay
- Olive Cooper Screenplay
- Wellyn Totman Story
Production · 2
- Nat Levine Producer
- George Yohalem Supervising Producer
Camera · 2
- Ernest Miller Director of Photography
- Jack A. Marta Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Joseph H. Lewis Editor
Sound · 3
- Arthur Kay Music
- Terry Kellum Sound Engineer
- Roy Granville Sound Effects
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