After Office Hours
1935 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
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After Office Hours is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin and Billie Burke. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz.
Dale Van Every
Bernard H. Hyman
| After Office Hours | |
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Lobby card | |
| 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 Stuart Erwin |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Tom Held |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc.[1] |
Release date |
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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, a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood, 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]
