

Penthouse
1933-09-08 · 88 min · ★ 6.9
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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- Directors
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Warner BaxterJackson 'Jack' Durant
Myrna LoyGertie Waxted
Charles ButterworthLayton
Mae ClarkeMimi Montagne
Phillips HolmesTom Siddall
C. Henry GordonJim Crelliman
Martha SleeperSue Leonard
Nat PendletonTony Gazotti
George E. StoneTim Murtoch
Robert Emmett O'ConnorPolice Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
Raymond HattonBodyguard
William BaileyMaitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)
Ed BradyMan at Crelliman's Place (uncredited)
Lynton BrentReporter (uncredited)
Theresa HarrisLili (uncredited)
Edward HearnDetective (uncredited)
Samuel S. HindsStuyvesant (uncredited)
Tom KennedyJoe (uncredited)
George MagrillCrelliman's Butler (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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