I Promise to Pay
1937 film
- April 21, 1937 (1937-04-21)
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I Promise to Pay is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman.[1]
Plot
Eddie Lang, a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra in order to take his wife, Mary and two small children on a vacation. He soon finds himself in the merciless clutches of Marra and his loan-shark gang. In desperation he tells his story to the district attorney, J.E.Curtis—only to be shot down on the steps of the Hall of Justice.
Cast
- Chester Morris as Eddie Lang
- Leo Carrillo as Richard Farra
- Helen Mack as Mary Lang
- Thomas Mitchell as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
- Thurston Hall as Police Captain Hall
- John Gallaudet as Al Morton - aka Johnson
- Patsy O'Connor as Judy Lang
- Wallis Clark as B.G. Wilson
- James Flavin as Bill Seaver
- Edward Keane as Mike Reardon
- Harry Woods as Henchman Fats
- Henry Brandon as Henchman Fancyface
- Marc Lawrence as Henchman Whitehat
References
- ^ Hal Erickson (2014). "I Promise to Pay". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
External links
- I Promise to Pay at IMDb
- I Promise to Pay at AllMovie
- I Promise to Pay at the TCM Movie Database
- I Promise to Pay at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
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