A Very Honorable Guy

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A Very Honorable Guy
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Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay by Earl Baldwin
Based onA Very Honorable Guy
1929 story in Cosmopolitan
by Damon Runyon
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Starring Joe E. Brown
Alice White
Robert Barrat
Alan Dinehart
Irene Franklin
Hobart Cavanaugh
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Edited by William Holmes
Music by Bernhard Kaun
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 5, 1934 (1934-05-05)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Very Honorable Guy is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart, Irene Franklin and Hobart Cavanaugh. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 5, 1934. [1] [2]

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Plot

Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor. The doctor agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then commit suicide.

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References

  1. "A Very Honorable Guy (1934) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. Hal Erickson (2015). "A-Very-Honorable-Guy - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2015-08-12.