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Crime Without Passion is a 1934 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, starring Claude Rains. It is the first of four pictures written, produced and directed by Hecht and MacArthur for Paramount Pictures. Sixty to seventy percent of the film was directed by cinematographer Lee Garmes.
The plot centers around a clever and suave but unscrupulous and dishonest lawyer, Lee Gentry (Rains) who boasts that he "lives by lies". His attempts to finish his affair with a clinging, besotted cabaret artist do not go according to plan.
Original Release
08/30/1934
US Release
08/30/1934
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Rains | Lee Gentry |
| Margo | Carmen Brown |
| Whitney Bourne | Katy Costello |
| Stanley Ridges | Eddie White |
| Leslie Adams | State's Attorney O'Brien |
| Alice Anthon | Undetermined Role |
| Dorothy Bradshaw | A Fury / Jury |
| Fanny Brice | Extra in hotel lobby |
| Jack Carr | Defendant |
| Esther Dale | Miss Keeley |
Directors
Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Rains | Lee Gentry |
| Margo | Carmen Brown |
| Whitney Bourne | Katy Costello |
| Stanley Ridges | Eddie White |
| Leslie Adams | State's Attorney O'Brien |
| Alice Anthon | Undetermined Role |
| Dorothy Bradshaw | A Fury / Jury |
| Fanny Brice | Extra in hotel lobby |
| Jack Carr | Defendant |
| Esther Dale | Miss Keeley |
| Fraye Gilbert | A Fury / Jury |
| Greta Granstedt | Della |
| Helen Hayes | Extra in hotel lobby |
| Ethelyne Holt | Undetermined Role |
| Charles Anthony Hughes | Undetermined Role |
| Alice Jefferson | Undetermined Role |
| Charles Kennedy | Police Lt. Norton / Police Lieutenant Norton |
| Mickey King | Undetermined Role |
| Cornelius MacSunday | Gentry's butler |
| Marjorie Main | Backstage Wardrobe Woman |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ben Hecht | Producer |
| Charles MacArthur | Producer |
