Speakeasy (1929)
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
- Date of release
- 1929-03-08
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Benjamin Stoloff
Casting
- Paul Page — Paul Martin
- Lola Lane — Alice Woods
- Sharon Lynn — Mazie
- Henry B. Walthall — Piano player
- Helen Ware — Min
- Warren Hymer — Cannon Delmont
- Stuart Erwin — Cy Williams
- Erville Alderson — City editor
- Ivan Linow — Wrestler
- Joseph Cawthorn — Yokel
- James Guilfoyle — Davey
- Melva Cornell — Speakeasy patron
Interesting facts
Speakeasy is a 1929 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke. The picture was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles. John Wayne had a minor role in the film as a speakeasy patron. All film elements to this movie are considered lost, but Movietone discs of the soundtrack survive.
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