Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

70 mins | Comedy, Romance | July 23, 1936

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.

Yours for the Asking

70 mins | Comedy, Romance | July 23, 1936

Yours for the Asking
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Yours for the Asking
Directors James Dugan, Alexander Hall
Writers Harlan Ware, William R. Lipman, Eve Greene, William H. Wright, Philip MacDonald

Cast

George Raft

as Johnny Lamb

Dolores Costello

as Lucille Sutton

Ida Lupino

as Gert Malloy

Reginald Owen

as Dictionary McKinney

James Gleason

as Saratoga

Edgar Kennedy

as Bicarbonate

Lynne Overman

as Honeysuckle

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

as Perry Barnes

Walter Walker

as Mr. Crenshaw

Robert Gleckler

as Slick Doran

Richard Powell

as Benedict

George Green

as Dealer

Dave Harris

as Dealer

Bud Herbert

as Man

Connie Lupino

as Woman

Groucho Marx

as Sunbather

Betty Blythe

as May

Charles Ruggles

as Sunbather

Rosemary Theby

as Woman

Eddie Becker

as Dealer