American Madness

Aug 15, 1932

1h 16m

★ 7.0

The Great American Picture of Today!

Overview

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

American Madness Trailers

Cast

Thomas Dickson

Walter Huston

Matt Brown

Pat O’Brien

Phyllis Dickson

Kay Johnson

Helen

Constance Cummings

Cyril Cluett

Gavin Gordon

Ives

Arthur Hoyt

Police Inspector

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Clark (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

Oscar (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Dude Finlay (uncredited)

Robert Ellis

Depositor (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

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