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1933
1h 18m
Comedy
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1933

Runtime

1h 18m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Rent

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Buy

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Storyline

"He Had a Nose for News...an eye for blondes!"

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 18m
Feb 24, 1933
Languages
English
Director
George W. Hill
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Buckley Joyce Thomas

Benita Hume

Benita Hume

Kate Nelson

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Dolly Winslow

James Gleason

James Gleason

Lefty Williams

Alan Edwards

Alan Edwards

Pettingwaite

Eugene Sigaloff

Prince Alexander

Ari Kutai

Kostya

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

Commissar

Lya Lys

Lya Lys

Eugenie

John Bleifer

John Bleifer

Sozanoff

Lawrence Grant

Lawrence Grant

MacKenzie

Guy Usher

Guy Usher

J. H. Stevens

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Arab leader (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

French Radio Operator (uncredited)

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