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No Ransom

No Ransom

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CrimeComedy

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In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

07 October 1934

Country

United States of America

Cast

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Barbara Winfield

Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

Tom Wilson

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Larry Romero

Robert McWade

Robert McWade

John Winfield

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Mrs. John Winfield

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Bullet

Edward Nugent

Edward Nugent

Eddie Winfield

Carl Miller

Carl Miller

Ashton Woolcott

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Heinie

Garry Owen

Garry Owen

Archie DeWitt

Fritzi Ridgeway

Fritzi Ridgeway

Miss Price

Mary Foy

Mary Foy

Mrs. Smithers

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Grant

Christian Rub

Christian Rub

Budge (uncredited)

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