Crime Without Passion (1934)

  • NR
  • 08/30/1934 (US)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 10m

Overview

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.

Ben Hecht

Director, Screenplay, Story

Charles MacArthur

Director, Screenplay

Lee Garmes

Director

Cast

Claude Rains's headshot

Claude Rains

Lee Gentry
Margo's headshot

Margo

Carmen Brown
Whitney Bourne's headshot

Whitney Bourne

Katy Costello
Stanley Ridges's headshot

Stanley Ridges

Eddie White
Leslie Adams's headshot

Leslie Adams

State's Attorney O'Brien
Dorothy Bradshaw's headshot

Dorothy Bradshaw

Jury Member (uncredited)
Fanny Brice's headshot

Fanny Brice

Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Jack Carr's headshot

Jack Carr

Defendant (uncredited)

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