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Crime Without Passion
Crime Without Passion

Crime Without Passion

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CrimeDrama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

5.786/10

Release Date

30 August 1934

Country

United States of America

Cast

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Lee Gentry

Margo

Margo

Carmen Brown

Whitney Bourne

Whitney Bourne

Katy Costello

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

Eddie White

Leslie Adams

Leslie Adams

State's Attorney O'Brien

Dorothy Bradshaw

Dorothy Bradshaw

Jury Member (uncredited)

Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Jack Carr

Jack Carr

Defendant (uncredited)

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Miss Keeley (uncredited)

Fraye Gilbert

Fraye Gilbert

Jury Member (uncredited)

Greta Granstedt

Greta Granstedt

Della (uncredited)

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Court Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)

Charles Anthony Hughes

Charles Anthony Hughes

Man (uncredited)

Charles Kennedy

Charles Kennedy

Police Lt. Norton (uncredited)

Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

Second Interviewer (uncredited)

Cornelius MacSunday

Cornelius MacSunday

Gentry's Butler (uncredited)

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

Backstage Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Marion Martin

Marion Martin

Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

Fuller Mellish

Fuller Mellish

Judge (uncredited)

Betty Real

Betty Real

Waitress Slapping Lee Gentry (uncredited)

Betty Sundmark

Betty Sundmark

Jury Member (uncredited)

Paula Trueman

Paula Trueman

Buster Malloy (uncredited)

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