Crime ·Comedy · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 13m

No Ransom

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Director
Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast
Leila Hyams as Barbara Winfield Phillips Holmes as Tom Wilson Jack La Rue as Larry Romero Robert McWade as John Winfield Hedda Hopper as Mrs. John Winfield Vince Barnett as Bullet
Crew
Harry Neumann — Director of Photography Mildred Johnston — Editor Albert DeMond — Writer Damon Runyon — Story
Synopsis

In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.

Mood & Themes
kidnapping
Key Collaborators
Fred C. Newmeyer Director Harry Neumann Director of Photography Mildred Johnston Editor Albert DeMond Writer Damon Runyon Story
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