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The Little Napoleon of Wildcat Finance...His Life and Love
5.4 / 10 IMDb August 4, 1933 1h 12m
A small-town barber finds himself short of stature but a giant in the world of stock promotion. As his bank account grows, Stone's ethics diminish, and soon he's playing fast and loose with other people's money. Disgruntled investor Fay Wray is the one who finally blows the whistle on the prevaricating hair-snipper.
Director
Runtime
1h 12m
Release Date
August 4, 1933
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Rated
Passed
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
George E. Stone
as Max Werner
Phillips Holmes
as Terry Van Sloan
Fay Wray
as Cynthia Glennon
Minna Gombell
as Margy
Reginald Owen
as Lord Darlington
Berton Churchill
as Col. Higginbotham
Reginald Mason
as Lord Latham
Sam Hardy
as Slick Ryan
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Randall Stake
as Scoop
Edgar Norton
as Butler
Charles McNaughton
as Wallack
Lucien Littlefield
as Justice of the Peace
Lilian Bond
as Dorothy Norton
Lya Lys
as (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
as Dan Thomas
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Bobby Hale
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
as (uncredited)
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Sailor (uncredited)
Claude King
as (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Detective (uncredited)
Production Companies
K.B.S. Productions Inc.
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