
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934-05-01 · 68 min · ★ 4.0
When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
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- Directors
- Edwin L. Marin
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Paul LukasVictor Gresham
Leila HyamsGladys Durland
Patricia EllisJean Sinclair
Phillip ReedCarter Vaughn
Onslow StevensLyn Durland
Dorothy BurgessNan Fitzgerald
Lilian BondCarlotta Barbe
Joyce ComptonFoxey Dennison
Murray KinnellFletcher
Dorothy LibaireGail Melville
Richard CarlePaul Q. Bindar
Sara HadenFrances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Charles Cahill WilsonInspector Quillan
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