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Crime Without Passion

Aug 30, 1934 · 1h 10m
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Crime
Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Claude Rains
Lee Gentry
Margo
Carmen Brown
Whitney Bourne
Katy Costello
Stanley Ridges
Eddie White
Leslie Adams
State's Attorney O'Brien
Dorothy Bradshaw
Jury Member (uncredited)
Fanny Brice
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Defendant (uncredited)
Directed by Ben Hecht

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Hecht-MacArthur Productions, Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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