After Office Hours is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz.
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Laurence Stallings Dale Van Every |
| Screenplay by | Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Produced by | Robert Z. Leonard Bernard H. Hyman |
| Starring | Clark Gable Constance Bennett |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Tom Held |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc.[1] |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $366,000[2] |
| Box office | $1.2 million[2] |
Plot
Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett), after having fired her as a reporter, all the while trying to solve a murder mystery, involving her childhood friend Tommy Bannister. Once Jim discovers that Sharon is involved with all the participants in the murder, she becomes even more attractive to him.
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Sharon Norwood
- Clark Gable as James "Jim" Branch
- Stuart Erwin as Hank Parr
- Billie Burke as Mrs. Norwood
- Harvey Stephens as Tommy Bannister
- Katharine Alexander as Julia Patterson
- Hale Hamilton as Henry King Patterson
- Henry Travers as Cap
- Henry Armetta as Italian diner owner
- Charles Richman as Jordan
- Herbert Bunston as Barlow, Norwood's butler
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Murchison
- William Demarest as police detective
- Rita La Roy as Branch's Society Girlfriend
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $759,000 in the US and Canada and $522,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $492,000.[2]
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to After Office Hours (1935 film).
- After Office Hours at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- After Office Hours at IMDb
- After Office Hours at AllMovie
- After Office Hours at the TCM Movie Database
