Parachute Jumper

Jan 28, 1933

1h 12m

★ 6.1

Seventy-five Smackers a Jump- and Most of it Goes to Widows!

Overview

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Bill Keller

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Patricia 'Alabama' Brent

Bette Davis

Toodles Cooper

Frank McHugh

Mrs. Newberry

Claire Dodd

Kurt Weber

Leo Carrillo

Steve Donovan

Harold Huber

Detective Lt. Coffey

Thomas E. Jackson

Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

Leon Ames

The Colonel (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Cop (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Man in Society for Prohibition Enforcement Office (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Capt. J.C. Mason (uncredited)

Ed Brady

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