The Scoundrel

Charles MacArthur
1935-04-30


6.2
76 min

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.

Cast

Name Character Team
Noël Coward Anthony Mallare Unowned
Julie Haydon Cora Moore Unowned
Stanley Ridges Paul Decker Unowned
Martha Sleeper Julia Vivian Unowned
Ernest Cossart Jimmy Clay Unowned
Alexander Woollcott Vanderveer Veyden Unowned
Everley Gregg Mildred Langwiter Unowned
Rosita Moreno Carlotta Unowned
Eduardo Ciannelli Maurice Stern Unowned
Richard Bond Howard Gillette Unowned
Helen Strickland Mrs. Rolinson Unowned
Lionel Stander Rothenstien Unowned
Frank Conlan Massey Unowned
O. Z. Whitehead Calhoun Unowned
Raymond Bramley Felix Abrams Unowned
Harry Davenport Slezack Unowned
Hope Williams Maggie Unowned
William Ricciardi Luigi Unowned
Uhei Hasegawa Yoshiwara Unowned
Carl Schmidt Zither Player Unowned
Isabelle Foster Scrub Woman Unowned
Madame Shushkina Fortune Teller Unowned
Ben Hecht Flop House Bum Unowned
Charles MacArthur Flop House Bum Unowned
Burgess Meredith Flop House Bum Unowned
Florence Robinson Scrub Woman Unowned