Million Dollar Ransom

Million Dollar Ransom

He had himself kidnapped to save the woman he loved!

1934•1h 10m•5.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(1)

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

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Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

Stan Casserly

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Vincent Shelton

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Francesca Shelton

Wini Shaw

Wini Shaw

Babe

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Careful

Robert Gleckler

Robert Gleckler

'Doc' Carson

Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

Elita Casserly

Edgar Norton

Edgar Norton

Meigs

Bradley Page

Bradley Page

Easy

Hughey White

Innocence

Alyce Ardell

Marie (Uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

Gwen (Uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Towers (Uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)

Richard Cramer

Richard Cramer

Gangster Gossip (Uncredited)

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Gordon De Main

Gordon De Main

Gambling House Proprietor (Uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Billy Dooley

Billy Dooley

Newspaper Reporter (Uncredited)

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