Crime Without Passion (1934)
Crime Without Passion (1934)
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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Cast

Claude Rains Claude Rains As: Lee Gentry
Margo Margo As: Carmen Brown
Whitney Bourne Whitney Bourne As: Katy Costello
Stanley Ridges Stanley Ridges As: Eddie White
Leslie Adams Leslie Adams As: State's Attorney O'Brien
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Storyline

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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Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Crime, Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 30 August 1934

Country: US

Runtime: 70m

Company Credits

Company: Hecht-MacArthur Productions, Paramount

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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)

Directed By

Writing Credits

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Screenplay

Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

Screenplay

James L. Shute

James L. Shute

Writers' Assistant

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Story

Production Crew

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Producer

Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

Producer

Arthur Rosson

Arthur Rosson

General Manager

Edited By

Arthur Ellis

Arthur Ellis

Editor

Slavko Vorkapich

Slavko Vorkapich

Editorial Services

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Frank Tours

Frank Tours

Original Music Composer

Joseph I. Kane

Joseph I. Kane

Sound Recordist

Frank Tours

Frank Tours

Music Arranger

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Lee Garmes

Lee Garmes

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Albert Johnson

Albert Johnson

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Leslie Bain

Leslie Bain

Special Effects

Mickey King

Mickey King

Choreographer

Slavko Vorkapich

Slavko Vorkapich

Special Effects

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Additional Music

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