High Finance (1933)
Self-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom. Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money....
- Date of release
- 1933-06-21
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- George King
Casting
- Gibb McLaughlin — Sir Grant Rayburn
- Ida Lupino — Jill
- John Batten — Tom
- J.H. Roberts — Ladcock
- Abraham Sofaer — Myers
- D.A. Clarke-Smith — Dodman
Interesting facts
High Finance is a 1933 British drama film directed by George King and starring Gibb McLaughlin and Ida Lupino. It was marketed as "the drama of a man overwhelmed by his own success".
Production
It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros., and shot at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.
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