Strictly Dishonorable

Dec 1, 1931

1h 31m

★ 5.1

A grand love story...rib-tickling situations...swell dialogue and direction and performance as smooth as silk...bright as diamonds!

Overview

A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Strictly Dishonorable Trailers

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Cast

Tino Caraffa, aka "Gus" Diruvo

Paul Lukas

Isabelle Parry

Sidney Fox

Judge Dempsey

Lewis Stone

Henry Greene

George Meeker

Tomasso Antiovi

William Ricciardi

Mulligan

Sidney Toler

Waiter

Samuel Bonello

Cook

Joe Torillo

Officer

Joseph W. Girard

Arguing Customer

Aldo Franchetti

Waiter

Carlo Schipa

Lilli

Natalie Moorhead

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