The Fall Guy
Brief Synopsis
An unemployed druggist gets mixed up with gangsters.
Cast & Crew
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A. Leslie Pearce
Director
Jack Mulhall
Johnny Quinlan
Mae Clarke
Bertha Quinlan
Ned Sparks
Dan Walsh
Pat O'malley
Charles Newton
Thomas Jackson
"Nifty" Herman
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Adaptation
Crime
Release Date
Jun
15,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
RKO Productions
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts by George Abbott, James Gleason (New York, 1928).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 6m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,175ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
Johnny Quinlan, who loses his job as a drugstore clerk, finally agrees to work for racketeer "Nifty" Herman, whom he believes to be a bootlegger; and he accepts for safekeeping a suitcase, which he takes home. Although he hides the suitcase under a chair, his inquisitive wife, Lottie, discovers it, and Newton, his sister's sweetheart, who is a government agent, recognizes it as a "hot" grip that he and his associates have been trailing in their pursuit of a narcotics gang. Newton is obliged to accuse Johnny, but as he is about to take him to jail, Nifty arrives, and Johnny tricks him into revealing that he (Johnny) was unaware of the contents of the suitcase. He thus exposes Nifty as the leader of the narcotics gang; Newton captures his man and awards Johnny with a job as his assistant.
Director
A. Leslie Pearce
Director
Cast
Jack Mulhall
Johnny Quinlan
Mae Clarke
Bertha Quinlan
Ned Sparks
Dan Walsh
Pat O'malley
Charles Newton
Thomas Jackson
"Nifty" Herman
Wynne Gibson
Lottie Quinlan
Ann Brody
Mrs. Bercowich
Elmer Ballard
"Hutch"
Alan Roscoe
Detective Keefe
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Adaptation
Crime
Release Date
Jun
15,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
RKO Productions
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts by George Abbott, James Gleason (New York, 1928).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 6m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,175ft
(7 reels)
Articles
The Fall Guy
An unemployed druggist gets mixed up with gangsters.
The Fall Guy
An unemployed druggist gets mixed up with gangsters.
