Drama ·Comedy · United States of America · 1929 · 1h 2m

The Duke Steps Out

Director

Cast

William Haines as Duke Joan Crawford as Susie Delmer Daves as Bossy Edwards Tenen Holtz as Jake, Duke's manager Edward Nugent as Tommy Welles Karl Dane as Barney, Duke's chauffeur

Crew

Ira H. Morgan — Director of Photography George Hively — Editor Falkland L. Cary — Story James Cruze — Producer

Tagline

Greatest Fight Story In History

Synopsis

Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of servants. Susie likes him but, to get rid of her, his manager tells her Duke already has a New York chorus girl. As the students listen to a radio broadcast of his victorious fight from San Francisco, she learns that the student Duke is the boxer Duke and that there is no chorus girl.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

James Cruze Director Ira H. Morgan Director of Photography George Hively Editor Falkland L. Cary Story James Cruze Producer

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