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A Very Honorable Guy

A Very Honorable Guy

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A Very Honorable Guy

1934

1h 2m

6.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Romance

Overview

Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.

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First National Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

'Feet' Samuels

Alice White

Alice White

Hortense

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Dr. Snitzer

Alan Dinehart

Alan Dinehart

The Brain

Irene Franklin

Irene Franklin

Toodles

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Benny

Arthur Vinton

Arthur Vinton

Moon O'Hara

G. Pat Collins

G. Pat Collins

Red Hendrickson

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Joe Ponzetti

James Donlan

James Donlan

Mr. O'Toole

Creative team

Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Written by: Earl Baldwin

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