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American Madness

6.919321h 16mMovieDramaCrime

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

DirectorFrank Capra
WriterRobert Riskin
ProducersHarry Cohn·Frank Capra

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Cast · Directed by Frank Capra

WHWalter Huston
Walter Huston
Thomas Dickson
POPat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
Matt Brown
KJKay Johnson
Kay Johnson
Phyllis Dickson
CCConstance Cummings
Constance Cummings
Helen
GGGavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon
Cyril Cluett
AHArthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt
Ives
RORobert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Inspector
EMEdwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell
Clark (uncredited)
SHSterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway
Oscar (uncredited)
RERobert Ellis
Robert Ellis
Dude Finlay (uncredited)
TDTom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Depositor (uncredited)
CGCharley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin
Mr. Jones (uncredited)

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