The Scoundrel

The Scoundrel

76 mins | Drama | April 30, 1935

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.

The Scoundrel

76 mins | Drama | April 30, 1935

The Scoundrel
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Hecht-MacArthur Productions
Original title The Scoundrel
Directors Harold Godsoe, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
Writers Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

Cast

Noël Coward

as Anthony Mallare

Julie Haydon

as Cora Moore

Stanley Ridges

as Paul Decker

Martha Sleeper

as Julia Vivian

Ernest Cossart

as Jimmy Clay

Alexander Woollcott

as Vanderveer Veyden

Everley Gregg

as Mildred Langwiter

Rosita Moreno

as Carlotta

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Maurice Stern

Richard Bond

as Howard Gillette

Helen Strickland

as Mrs. Rolinson

Lionel Stander

as Rothenstien

Frank Conlan

as Massey

O. Z. Whitehead

as Calhoun

Raymond Bramley

as Felix Abrams

Harry Davenport

as Slezack

Hope Williams

as Maggie

Uhei Hasegawa

as Yoshiwara

Carl Schmidt

as Zither Player

Isabelle Foster

as Scrub Woman

Madame Shushkina

as Fortune Teller

Ben Hecht

as Flop House Bum

Charles MacArthur

as Flop House Bum

Burgess Meredith

as Flop House Bum

Florence Robinson

as Scrub Woman