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

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

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7.4

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6.9

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7.4

Inside Man

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7.8

Freaks

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7.7

All Quiet on the Western Front

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5.2

Buzzard

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4.3

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5.4

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7.1

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5.4

Three Who Loved

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4.3

Ladies' Man

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6.5

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5.1

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5.8

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0.0

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0.0

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8.1

M

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