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Life Begins at Forty
Life Begins at Forty
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  2. Life Begins at Forty

Life Begins at Forty

1935
1h 25m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1935

Runtime

1h 25m

Storyline

"The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks."

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Mar 22, 1935
Languages
English
Director
George Marshall
George Marshall
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Fox Film Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

65 Cast Members

Will Rogers

Will Rogers

Keneshaw H. Clark

Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell

Lee Austin

George Barbier

George Barbier

Col. Joseph Abercrombie

Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Adele Anderson

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Ida Harris

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

T. Watterson Meriwether

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Chris

Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck

Joe Abercrombie

Roger Imhof

Roger Imhof

Pappy Smithers

Charles Sellon

Charles Sellon

Tom Cotton

Ruth Gillette

Ruth Gillette

Mrs. Cotton

John Bradford

Wally Stevens

T. Roy Barnes

T. Roy Barnes

Simonds, the Salesman

Barbara Barondess

Barbara Barondess

Abercrombie Maid

Billy Baxter

Townsman (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Hank Bell

Townsman

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Hog Caller

Edward W. Borman

Edward W. Borman

Townsman

William Burress

William Burress

Abercrombie's Friend

Robert Dalton

Stevens' Henchman

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