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Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

THE WORM TURNS...TWICE!

1934•1h 8m•6.0/10
Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.0/10(3)

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!

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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Miss Beulah Boyd

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Wynn Rixey

Dorothy Burgess

Dorothy Burgess

Millie Seagrove

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Alexis Romanoff

Dorothy Tree

Dorothy Tree

Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky

Berton Churchill

Berton Churchill

Franklyn P. Brumbaugh

Harry Tyler

Harry Tyler

Mike, the Safecracker

Harry Beresford

Harry Beresford

Claude

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Stephen Prime

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Hat Check Attendent

Maurice Black

Maurice Black

Pierre, the Headwaiter

James Burke

James Burke

Policeman Arresting Wynn

Clay Clement

Clay Clement

Charles Cramer

G. Pat Collins

G. Pat Collins

Soda Jerk

Tom Costello

Men's Table Dealer

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Ladies' Table Dealer

Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis

Casino Manager

Helena Phillips Evans

Gambling Dowager

Betty Farrington

Chocolate Malt and Chocolate Éclair Diner

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