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The Fall Guy is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Leslie Pearce and adapted for the screen by Tim Whelan. Based on the 1925 Broadway hit The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts, which was written by George Abbott and James Gleason, the RKO production stars Jack Mulhall, Pat O'Malley, and Mae Clarke.
The Fall Guy: Directed by Leslie Pearce. With Jack Mulhall, Mae Clarke, Ned Sparks, Wynne Gibson. When a hapless pharmacist loses his job and falls in with criminals, he's soon made The Fall Guy.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Leslie Pearce
- 1930-06-15
Based on the play The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts by George Abbott, James Gleason (New York, 1928).
- A. Leslie Pearce
- Jack Mulhall
The Fall Guy. A drug dealer leaves a suitcase with a loser (Jack Mulhall) who lives with his wife (Mae Clarke) and brother-in-law (Ned Sparks). Rent The Fall Guy on Prime Video, Apple TV,...
- Crime, Drama
- Jack Mulhall, Mae Clarke, Ned Sparks
- Larry Pearce
The Fall Guy 1930. ★★★. Watched Aug 15, 2024. An innocuous enough crime-comedy with a terrific performance by Mae Clarke and technical finesse that seems to have finally ironed out the issues plaguing early talkies. Jack Mulhall stars as Clarke's husband, a down-on-his-luck everyman during the Depression, who can't find any work.
Aug 16, 2015 · The Fall Guy is one of the more watchable 1930 releases, with only a few tertiary actors turning in wooden performances. The comic relief is solid, and the pace snappy even if the stage origins of the play feel obvious in its bones.
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When a hapless pharmacist loses his job and falls in with criminals, he's soon made The Fall Guy. Unemployed, Johnny Quinlan (Jack Mulhall) starts doing jobs for underworld chieftain Nifty Herman (Thomas Jackson), who plans to use Johnny as a dupe to cover up his own shady activities.