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2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Directed by
Edward Ludwig
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
The story
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
Cast
Charles RugglesAsaph 'Ace' Holliday
Ann DvorakMiss Beulah Boyd
Eugene PalletteWynn Rixey
Dorothy BurgessMillie Seagrove
Robert BarratAlexis Romanoff
Dorothy TreeCountess Olga Andrei Misitalsky
Berton ChurchillFranklyn P. Brumbaugh
Harry TylerMike, the Safecracker
Harry BeresfordClaude
William B. DavidsonStephen Prime
Irving BaconHat Check Attendent
Maurice BlackPierre, the Headwaiter
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James BurkePoliceman Arresting Wynn
Clay ClementCharles Cramer
G. Pat CollinsSoda Jerk
Tom CostelloMen's Table Dealer
Lester DorrLadies' Table Dealer
Robert EllisCasino Manager
Helena Phillips EvansGambling Dowager
Betty FarringtonChocolate Malt and Chocolate Éclair Diner
Pat HarmonSuperior Club Doorman
Ben Hendricks Jr.Veal Cutlets and Coffee Diner
Eddie KaneMaitre d'Casino
Mike LallyCasino Floorman
Theodore LorchGambler
Spec O'DonnellOffice Boy
Anne O'NealBrumbaugh's Secretary
Henry OthoFireman
Rosalie RoyPolly Granger, Beulah's Friend
Mary RussellPrime's Secretary
Eddie Shubert'Red' Turner
Charles SullivanCasino Manager's Office Doorman
Harry TenbrookGangster with Mike
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