Crime Without Passion, 1934 Ages 15+
Crime Without Passion, 1934 Ages 15+
35MM, BLACK AND WHITE, MONO, 72 MINUTES, USA, ENGLISH / DIRECTORS: BEN HECHT, CHARLES MACARTHUR / SCRIPT: BEN HECHT, CHARLES MACARTHUR / BASED ON THE STORY ‘CABALLERO OF THE LAW’ BY BEN HECHT / CINEMATOGRAPHER: LEE GARMES / EDITOR: ARTHUR ELLIS / MUSIC: OSCAR LEVANT, FRANK TOURS / CAST: CLAUDE RAINS, WHITNEY BOURNE / PRODUCTION CO: HECHT-MACARTHUR PRODUCTIONS / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: UNIVERSAL PICTURES
‘A fierce New York defence lawyer (Rains) becomes entangled in his own bizarre romantic machinations after he concocts a scheme to dump his current flame, a Mexican nightclub singer, for a society woman. The first, and best, of Hecht and MacArthur's notorious series of Astoria productions, Crime Without Passion features stunning montage sequences by Slavko Vorkapich depicting mythical female "Furies" who attack wrong-doers.’ Mimi Brody, UCLA Film and Television Archive
Contact: Sunday 16 Aug 11.00am / Cinema A
Phone: Production still from Crime Without Passion, 1934
Image courtesy: Universal Pictures
