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Riffraff (1936)

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After
he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he
leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail.
He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and
promises to wait for Hattie.

Directed by J. Walter Ruben

Writing credits: Frances Marion, Frances Marion ,
H.W. Hanemann, Anita Loos, George S. Kaufman, John Lee Mahin

Cast:

Jean Harlow ....  Harriet 'Hattie'/'Hat' Tuttle
Spencer Tracy ....  Rudolph 'Dutch' Muller
Una Merkel ....  Lil Bundt
Joseph Calleia ....  Nick Lewis
Victor Kilian ....  Flytrap
Mickey Rooney ....  Jimmy Thurger
J. Farrell MacDonald ....  'Brains' McCall
Roger Imhof ....  'Pops' Thurger
Juanita Quigley ....  Rosie Bundt
Paul Hurst ....  Red Belcher
Vince Barnett ....  Lew, a fisherman
Dorothy Appleby ....  Gertie, a waitress
Judith Wood ....  Mabel, a waitress
Arthur Housman ....  Ratsy and Bugsy
Wade Boteler ....  Detective Bert Scanlon
Joe Phillips ....  Al
William Newell ....  Pete Bundt
Al Hill ....  'Speed', a fisherman
Helen Flint ....  Sadie, prison inmate
Lillian Harmer ....  Mrs. McCall
Bob Perry ....  'Lefty', a fisherman
George Givot ....  Mr. Markis, Nick's lawyer
Helene Costello ....  Maizie, prison inmate
Rafaela Ottiano ....  Head prison matron (as Rafaelo Ottiano)
Sig Frohlich ....  Extra
William Arnold ....  Cannery foreman
Polly Bailey ....  Woman at July 4 celebration
May Beatty ....  Old woman
Harry C. Bradley ....  Minister at wedding
Jack Byron ....  Fisherman
Eileen Carlisle ....  Woman
Harry Cording ....  Joe, an agitator
Frank Darien ....  Smoky, the night watchman
Brenda Fowler ....  Mrs. Morgan, the prison warden
Joe Garion ....  Fisherman
John George ....  Fisherman
Sherry Hall ....  Fisherman
Eddie Hart ....  Roy, a fisherman
Ben Hendricks Jr. ....  Driver of escape car
Al Herman ....  Fisherman
Wally Maher ....  Newsreel
James A. Marcus ....  Fisherman
Herman Marx ....  Fisherman
Philo McCullough ....  Fisherman
Sam McDaniel ....  Train porter
Ivor McFadden ....  First moving man
Larry McGrath ....  Shorty, a fisherman
King Mojave ....  Fisherman
Bert Moorhouse ....  Chet, a fisherman
Edward Peil Sr. ....  Fisherman
Stanley Price ....  Fisherman
Marshall Ruth ....  Ed, an agitator
Bob Stevenson ....  Second moving man
Eddie Sturgis ....  Fisherman
Charles Sullivan ....  Heckling fisherman
Mary Wallace ....  Fisherman's wife
Harry Wilson ....  Extra on dance floor
Tammany Young ....  Tramp at hobo camp

Produced by David Lewis ....  associate producer
Irving Thalberg ....  executive producer
Original Music by Edward Ward
Non-Original Music by Nacio Herb Brown
(song "You Are My Lucky Star"), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
("The Wedding March" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61"),
Richard Wagner   ("Bridal Chorus {Here Comes the Bride}"
from "Lohengrin")
Cinematography by Ray June
Film Editing by Frank Sullivan
rt Direction by Cedric Gibbons
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dolph Zimmer ....  assistant director
Art Department Stan Rogers ....  associate art director
Edwin B. Willis ....  associate art director
Sound Department Douglas Shearer ....  recording director
Other crew Dolly Tree ....  wardrobe
Arthur Freed ....  lyricist: "You Are My Lucky Star" 

Runtime: 94 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification: USA:Approved (PCA #1765)
/ USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Trivia: News items and production charts included
'Lee Phelps' (Sailor), Nick Thompson (Ptomaine Tony),
Paul Porcasi and Dorothy Gray in the cast, but these actors
were not seen in the viewed print.

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