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Motive for Revenge

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5.0/10 • 1

1935-05-151h 0m

DramaThrillerCrimeMystery

Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in poverty...

Directors
Burt P. Lynwood
Writters
Stuart Anthony
Editors
Stuart Anthony, Dwight Caldwell

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  1. Donald Cook

    Donald Cook

    Barry Webster

  2. Irene Hervey

    Irene Hervey

    Muriel Webster King

  3. Doris Lloyd

    Doris Lloyd

    Mrs. Fleming

  4. Edwin Maxwell

    Edwin Maxwell

    William King

  5. Le Strange Millman

    Le Strange Millman

    District Attorney Milroy (as William Le Strange Millman)

  6. Russell Simpson

    Russell Simpson

    McAllister

  7. John Kelly

    John Kelly

    Detective Larkin

  8. Edwin Argus

    Edwin Argus

    Detective Red

  9. Billy West

    Billy West

    Ray - Convict

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

5/10

You get the impression at the start of this film that "Barry" (Donald Cook) and his wife "Muriel" (Irene Harvey) would have got along just fine, were it not for the frequent interventions of her mother (Doris Lloyd) who wants more for her daughter than her husband can afford. Fed up with the constant haranguing, this bank teller starts to help himself to some of his employers funds and jails beckons. Whilst incarcerated, he is divorced and she marries the wealthy industrialist "King" (Edwin Maxwell) who treats her as if she were merely another asset. "Barry" is released and shortly afterwards "King" is gunned down in his wife's bedroom - with her ex-husband hiding in her wardrobe - and well, you can guess what the constabulary think! Sadly, what now ensues, though quite quickly paced, is a all a bit silly. There are more holes in the plot than at a Swiss cheese convention, and the ending is really pretty daft. It's only an hour, and it doesn't hang around once it gets going, but the best bit of the film is certainly the title - this rest of it just doesn't live up.

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Original Language
English
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