High Pressure (1932)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers:

Aben Kandel (play)
Joseph Jackson (screen version)

Release Date:

30 January 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretents to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company"...

Plot Keywords:

Rubber | Inventor | Pep Talk | Business Competition | Steam Bath

Cast

William Powell	...	Gar Evans
Evelyn Brent	...	Francine Dale
George Sidney	...	Colonel Ginsburg
John Wray	...	Jimmy Moore
Evalyn Knapp	...	Helen Wilson
Guy Kibbee	...	Clifford Gray
Frank McHugh	...	Mike Donahey
Oscar Apfel	...	Mr. Hackett - Better Business Bureau Manager
Ben Alexander	...	Geoffrey Weston
Harold Waldridge	...	Gus Vanderbilt (as Harold Waldrige)
Charles Middleton	...	Mr. Banks
Harry Beresford	...	Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer

Runtime:

73 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Several people in studio records/casting call lists as cast members did not appear, were not identifiable, or were replaced in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any): Lucien Littlefield (Oscar Brown - [replaced by Frank Darien]), Maurice Black (Poppolus - [replaced by Hector Sarno]) and Lilian Bond.

Movie Connections:

Version of Hot Money (1936)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind

Watch William Powell work his usual screen magic...

This a fine little film with a wonderful cast of comic actors. McHugh does his always solid right-hand-man bit and Sidney is a scream as a befuddled patsy pulled into Powell big plans for making millions by manufacturing artificial rubber. Powell shines, as always, as a the salesman of all salesmen. Don't miss this one if you like Powell or even if you don't...watch this and maybe you will...