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Penthouse (1933)

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A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

Cast & Crew

Director
W.S. Van Dyke
  • Profile picture of Warner Baxter
    Jackson 'Jack' Durant Warner Baxter
  • Profile picture of Myrna Loy
    Gertie Waxted Myrna Loy
  • Profile picture of Charles Butterworth
    Layton Charles Butterworth
  • Profile picture of Mae Clarke
    Mimi Montagne Mae Clarke
  • Profile picture of Phillips Holmes
    Tom Siddall Phillips Holmes
  • Profile picture of C. Henry Gordon
    Jim Crelliman C. Henry Gordon
  • Profile picture of Martha Sleeper
    Sue Leonard Martha Sleeper
  • Profile picture of Nat Pendleton
    Tony Gazotti Nat Pendleton

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  • gangster
  • investigation
  • murder
  • pre-code
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