Day of Reckoning (1933)
SHE WANTED THE ROMANCE THAT WAS DENIED TO HER!
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.
- Date of release
- 1933-10-26
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Charles Brabin
Casting
- Richard Dix — John Day
- Madge Evans — Dorothy Day
- Conway Tearle — George Hollins
- Una Merkel — Mamie
- Stuart Erwin — Jerry
- George McFarland — Johnny Day
- Isabel Jewell — Kate Lovett
- James Bell — Slim Williams
- Raymond Hatton — Hart
- Paul Hurst — Harry
- Samuel S. Hinds — O'Farrell
- Bess Flowers — Party Guest
Interesting facts
Day of Reckoning is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Richard Dix, Madge Evans and Conway Tearle. It is based on a novel by Morris Lavine. When a man is sent to prison, his wife is romanced by another man.
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