1,000 Dollars a Minute
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1,000 Dollars a Minute | |
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Directed by | Aubrey Scotto |
Written by | Everett Freeman Claire Church Jack Natteford |
Produced by | Nat Levine |
Starring | Roger Pryor |
Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
Edited by | Ray Curtiss |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures (I) |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
1,000 Dollars a Minute is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams.[1] The film was released on October 22, 1935.[2] The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording.[3]
Plot[edit]
A broken and pennyless newspaperman takes part in an experiment where two crazy millionaires are offering a prize of $10,000 to anyone that can spend $1,000 a minute, every minute, for 12 hours straight.
Cast[edit]
- Roger Pryor as Wally Jones
- Leila Hyams as Dorothy Summers
- Edward Brophy as Benny Dolan
- Sterling Holloway as Pete
- Edgar Kennedy as Police Officer McCarthy
- Purnell Pratt as Charlie, the Editor
- Herman Bing as Vanderbrocken
- Arthur Hoyt as Jewel clerk
- William Austin as Salesman
- Franklin Pangborn as Reville
- George Hayes as New Deal Watson
- Morgan Wallace as Big Jim Bradley
- Claude King as Robinson
References[edit]
- ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "1,000 Dollars a Minute". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ 1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935), retrieved April 17, 2013
- ^ "The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.