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American Madness

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American Madness

Aug 15, 1932

1h 16m

★ 6.9

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

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Cast

Walter Huston

Thomas Dickson

Walter Huston

Pat O'Brien

Matt Brown

Pat O'Brien

Kay Johnson

Phyllis Dickson

Kay Johnson

Constance Cummings

Helen

Constance Cummings

Gavin Gordon

Cyril Cluett

Gavin Gordon

Arthur Hoyt

Ives

Arthur Hoyt

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Police Inspector

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Edwin Maxwell

Clark (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

Sterling Holloway

Oscar (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Robert Ellis

Dude Finlay (uncredited)

Robert Ellis

Tom Dugan

Depositor (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

Charley Grapewin

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin

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