No Ransom

No Ransom

73 mins | Crime, Comedy | Oct. 7, 1934

In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.

No Ransom

73 mins | Crime, Comedy | Oct. 7, 1934

No Ransom
In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.
Producers Liberty Pictures
Original title No Ransom
Directors Fred C. Newmeyer
Writers Damon Runyon, Albert DeMond

Cast

Leila Hyams

as Barbara Winfield

Phillips Holmes

as Tom Wilson

Jack La Rue

as Larry Romero

Robert McWade

as John Winfield

Hedda Hopper

as Mrs. John Winfield

Vince Barnett

as Bullet

Edward Nugent

as Eddie Winfield

Carl Miller

as Ashton Woolcott

Irving Bacon

as Heinie

Garry Owen

as Archie DeWitt

Fritzi Ridgeway

as Miss Price

Mary Foy

as Mrs. Smithers

Arthur Hoyt

as Grant

Christian Rub

as Budge (uncredited)