Quick Millions

Quick Millions (1931)

A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.

Data di uscita
1931-04-17
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (11)
Durata
1 h 12 min
Generi
Crime, Dramma
Regista
Rowland Brown

Cast

Curiosità

  • Premi: 1 · Candidature: 0. Tra cui: national Board Review Top Ten Films

Quick Millions is a 1931 pre-Code crime film directed by Rowland Brown and starring Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, and featuring George Raft as the sidekick with a solo eccentric dance performance.

Production

Rowland Brown had wanted to break into Hollywood but not succeeded until he sold Doorway to Hell. He then wrote Skyline and persuaded Fox to let him direct. The film was also known as Hoodlum.

The film gave an early role to George Raft who had been spotted dancing by director Rowland Brown. According to the Los Angeles Times "Brown was looking for menace with sex appeal" and Raft was filming the day after Brown first saw him.

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