Upperworld (1934)
When a wife falls down on the job can you blame a man if he takes Blonde Poison?
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
- Date of release
- 1934-04-28
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
Casting
- Warren William — Alexander Stream
- Mary Astor — Hettie Stream
- Ginger Rogers — Lilly Linda
- Andy Devine — Oscar
- Dickie Moore — Tommy Stream
- Ferdinand Gottschalk — Marcus
- J. Carrol Naish — Lou Colima
- Sidney Toler — Officer Moran
- Henry O'Neill — Banker Making Toast
- Theodore Newton — Rocklen
- Robert Barrat — Police Commissioner Clark
- Robert Greig — Marc Caldwell
Interesting facts
Upperworld is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Warren William as a wealthy married railroad tycoon whose friendship with a showgirl, played by Ginger Rogers, leads to blackmail and murder. Upperworld is one of the last films released before the strict enforcement of the Hollywood Production Code by Joseph I. Breen, which began on July 1, 1934.
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