The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Edgar SelwynDirector
- Edgar SelwynScreenplay
Cast
- Lee TracyJoe Gimlet
- Mae ClarkeMary Gimlet / Mary Wright
- Otto KrugerTed Wright
- George BarbierPete Evans
- Peggy ShannonElvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet
- C. Henry GordonDave Holmes
- Clara BlandickMrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
- Charley GrapewinDr. Henderson (uncredited)
- Larry FineWedding Singer (uncredited)
- Curly HowardWedding Singer (uncredited)
- Moe HowardWedding Singer (uncredited)
- Ed WynnCigar Store Customer (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
pre-code