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18/03/1938 Drama, Romance 1h 5m
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MEN IN THE MAKING But what kind of men grow out of the squalor of the tenements...from the sordid back alleys of the slums?

Overview

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.

  1. Bernard Vorhaus

    Director

  2. Peggy Thompson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Lew Ayres

    Jerry Flynn

  2. Helen Mack

    Mary Ellen Stephens

  3. Alison Skipworth

    Nora

  4. Victor Varconi

    Wire Arno

  5. Sheila Bromley

    Connie Madison

  6. Alice White

    Dolly

  7. Horace McMahon

    Lockjaw

  8. William Benedict

    Squimpy

  9. Ray Cooke

    Pussy

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20
There's actually quite a decent degree of chemistry between Lew Ayres ("Jerry") and Helen Mack ("Marry Ellen") in this otherwise unremarkable crime melodrama the sees her leave him for the tantalising life of gangster's moll. Can he win her back? Snag is, it's a bit all over the place - part thriller, part gangster film and part comedy - and the ingredients don't mix particularly effectively. Maybe had Richard Vorhaus just focussed his attention/intention a little bit more, this could have been quite a gripping little B-feature, but as it is, it's a slowly paced, limited action effort that fal...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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