The read
It runs a compact 1h 2m.
Synopsis
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2."
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Edwin H. KnopfScreenplay
Cast
- Charles ButterworthWillie
- Una MerkelMillicent
- Harvey StephensRonald
- Eugene PalletteUncle Henry
- Nat PendletonRocky
- Ruth SelwynDorothy
- Donald MeekSkinner
- Dorothy LibaireEdith
- Edward NugentAlbert
- Robert LivingstonGeorge
- Stanley FieldsMullens
- Raymond BrownMcGuire
Stills
Themes
suicide attemptmistaken identitybased on play or musicalphrenologymilquetoastarmed robberygangster comedytabloid journalism