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High Pressure: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, John Wray. Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success.
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- Comedy
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1932-01-30
High Pressure (film) High Pressure. (film) High Pressure is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring William Powell and Evelyn Brent. [1] It is based on the play Hot Money by Aben Kandel. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Warner Archive.
1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. 1932 1h 32m Approved. 8.2 (15K) Rate. Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him. Director Mervyn LeRoy Stars Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson. 2. Little Caesar.
Mervyn LeRoy (/ l ə ˈ r ɔɪ /; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
First arranging his thoughts then making the big pitch to potential investors, promoter Gar Evans (William Powell) winds up with a song, in High Pressure, 1932, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Trailer High Pressure - (Original Trailer) William Powell is a scheming promoter who tries to get rich selling artificial rubber in the comedy High Pressure ...
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Mister Roberts is a 1955 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver. Based on the 1946 novel and 1948 Broadway play, the film was ...
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Fortunate for Melvyn LeRoy, William Powell has a smile, personality, and likability, not to mention, an appeal despite the con game promoter gimmick that inspires salesmen to prey on suckers to buy into whatever product is brought to him by the "won't take no for an answer" McHugh, always with a nose to the grindstone if there might be a profit ...
