The Last Parade (film)

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The Last Parade
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Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by Gene Havlick
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 31, 1931 (1931-01-31)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

The Last Parade is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Jack Holt, Tom Moore and Constance Cummings. [1]

Contents

Plot

Two World War I veterans return home. One joins the police while the other, failing to get a job as a newspaper reporter, gets mixed up with organized crime.

Cast

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