Laughing at Trouble

Dec 11, 1936

1h 7m

★ 6.0

WITH SMILE OR FROWN SHE RULED THE TOWN!

Overview

A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Laughing at Trouble Trailers

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Cast

Glory Bradford

Jane Darwell

Mary Bradford

Brook Byron

Mrs. Jennie Nevins

Sara Haden

Alice Mathews

Lois Wilson

Lizzie Beadle

Margaret Hamilton

Ella McShane

Pert Kelton

Deputy Sheriff Alec Brady

John Carradine

Bill Norton

James Burke

Cyrus Hall

Russell Hicks

Jamie Bradford

Eddie Acuff

Dr. Larson

Frank Reicher

Wilbur

William Benedict

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