Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Directed by William Beaudine
Screenplay by Brock Williams
Based onMr. Cohen Takes a Walk
1934 novel
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring Paul Graetz
Violet Farebrother
Chili Bouchier
Music by Basil Emmott
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 13 December 1935 (1935-12-13)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk, also known as Father Takes a Walk, is a 1935 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, and Chili Bouchier, and based on a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This was one of many "quota quickies" produced by Warner Bros. in the UK. [1]

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Plot

Jake Cohen, the owner of a department store (Graetz), goes on the road, and leaves it under the control of his children, only to have to return when they fight with each other on the eve of a worker's strike.

Cast

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References

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | MR. COHEN TAKES A WALK (1935)". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2023.