The Cat's-Paw (1934)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Sam Taylor

Escritores:

Clarence Budington Kelland (story)
Sam Taylor (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 agosto 1934 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

Everything new but these [eyeglasses]

Plot:

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife....

Plot Keywords:

Mayor | Missionary | Headlines | Beautiful Woman | Demonstration

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fighting For Reform With Mr. Lloyd

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	Ezekiel Cobb
Una Merkel	...	Petunia Pratt / Cobb
George Barbier	...	Jake Mayo
Nat Pendleton	...	Strozzi
Grace Bradley	...	Dolores Doce
Alan Dinehart	...	Mayor Ed Morgan
Grant Mitchell	...	Silk Hot McGee
E. Alyn Warren	...	Tien Wang (as Fred Warren)
Warren Hymer	...	Spike Slattery
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Shigley
James Donlan	...	Red, the Reporter
Edwin Maxwell	...	District Attorney Neal
Frank Sheridan	...	Dan Moriarity, Police Commissioner
Fuzzy Knight	...	Stuttering Gangster
Vince Barnett	...	Wilks, a Gangster

También conocida como:

La garra del gato (Spain) [es]

Duración:

102 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Cantonés | Alemán

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/6 | UK:PG

Compañía:

The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Citas:

Ezekiel Cobb: A cordial greeting, my worthy friend!

Banda de Sonido:

I'M JUST THAT WAY

Fighting For Reform With Mr. Lloyd

Returning from 20 years in China, a young missionary refuses to become THE CAT'S-PAW for a gang of hometown hoodlums.

This movie was a bit of a departure from Harold Lloyd's previous movies. Comedy derived more from dialogue, often rather serious, predominates here, rather than the elaborate sight gags which powered Harold's classics of the past. There are some splendid moments, however, which are pure visual fun, as when Harold attempts to follow a convertible down a crowded street, or when he desperately tries to keep a nightclub stripper from losing her clothes. There is also the climactic scene, set in a Chinatown basement, in which Harold gleefully jumps unabashedly into the darkest comedy. But most of the humor derives from Harold's refusal to be the patsy of the criminals who've run his hometown for years.

And it's quite a collection of crooked politicians & thugs Harold finds himself up against, played by a bevy of fine character actors: George Barbier, Nat Pendleton, Grant Mitchell, Edwin Maxwell, Alan Dinehart, Warren Hymer & stuttering Fuzzy Knight. Pert Una Merkel is on hand as the tobacco stand girl who catches Harold's eye and keeps him intrigued by her no-nonsense outlook on life.

Movie mavens will recognize Samuel S. Hinds as Harold's missionary father; Charles Sellon as an elderly Stockport clergyman; and Herman Bing as a German gangster--all uncredited. Also, showing up for only a few seconds as an attempted kidnapper, is Noah Young, a familiar face from Harold's silent films, here making his final appearance in a Lloyd picture.

Fox gave the film fine production values, especially in the opening scenes set in China.