I Promise To Pay (1937)

I Promise To Pay (1937)

„I Promise To Pay“ is a 1937 action crime drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman from a  screenplay by Mary C. McCall Jr. and Lionel Houser.

This true Depression-era tearjerker finds Morris wanting to take his wife and children on a vacation, but he only earns $27.50 a week at his office job. He borrows the money at an interest rate of 1,000 percent and when he cannot make the payments, thugs go after him.

Cast:

• Chester Morris – Eddie Lang
• Leo Carrillo – Richard Farra
• Helen Mack – Mary Lang
• Thomas Mitchell – District Attorney J.E. Curtis
• Thurston Hall – Police Captain Hall
• John Gallaudet – Al Morton, aka Johnson
• Patsy O’Connor – Judy Lang
• Wallis Clark – B.G. Wilson
• James Flavin – Bill Seaver
• Edward Keane – Mike Reardon
• Harry Woods – Fats, Henchman
• Henry Brandon – Henchman Fancyface
• Marc Lawrence – Henchman Whitehat
• Jack Daley – 1st Jailer
• John Tyrrell – 1st Steerer
• Frank Marlowe – 2nd Steerer
• Tom London – Arresting Detective
• Max Hoffman Jr. – Bunny Kent
• Wilson Benge – Butler
• Eddie Kane – Car Dealer
• Nick Copeland – Charlie
• Francis Sayles – Clerk
• Eddie Foster – Conman Shooting Pool
• Carl Faulkner – Cop
• Harry Hollingsworth – Cop
• Jeff Corey – Crook in Montage
• Cy Schindell – Cy, Farra’s Masseur
• Phillip Trent – Davis
• Jack Rube Clifford – Detective
• Ben Hendricks Jr. – Detective
• Boyd Irwin – Eddie’s Doctor
• Emmett Vogan – Foster
• Corbet Morris – Furrier
• Stanley Mack – George Counterman
• Wally Dean – Grand Juror
• Charles K. French – Grand Juror
• Sam Harris – Grand Juror
• Carl M. Leviness – Grand Juror
• Allen Mathews – Grand Jury Clerk
• Herbert Ashley – Gregg
• Harry Bernard – Henchman
• Eddie Laughton – Henchman at Meeting
• Pat McKee – Henchman at Meeting
• Charles Sherlock – Henchman at Meeting
• Philip Sleeman – Informant
• Crawford Weaver – Joe Ellis
• Robert Emmett Keane – John Scully
• Ruth Hilliard – Juror
• Ned Norton – Juror
• Richard Kipling – King
• Gladden James – Lake
• William Gould – Lefty
• Bob Reeves – Lineup Cop
• Bess Flowers – Loan Shark Victim
• John Hamilton – Martin
• Edward LeSaint – McCandless
• Harry Tyler – Nilson
• Estelle Etterre – Nurse
• Horace Murphy – O’Halloran
• Jack Cheatham – Plainclothesman
• Frank Fanning – Plainclothesman
• Bruce Mitchell – Police Detective
• Ted Oliver – Police Detective
• Earl Pingree – Police Detective
• Lee Prather – Police Detective
• Sam Flint – Police Sergeant
• Wilfred Lucas – Police Sergeant
• Chuck Hamilton – Radio Cop
• Ethan Laidlaw – Radio Cop
• Jerry Uhlick – Radio Cop
• Gladys Gale – Receptionist
• Philip Ahn – Taka
• Clark Burroughs – Thug
• Jimmy O’Gatty – Thug’s Driver
• George DeNormand – Truck Driver
• Martha Tibbetts – Victim
• Leona Valdé – Victim
• Herbert Heywood – Watchman

„I Promise To Pay“ ist ein Action-Krimi-Drama aus dem Jahr 1937 unter der Regie von D. Ross Lederman nach einem Drehbuch von Mary C. McCall Jr. und Lionel Houser.

In dieser wahren Schnulze aus der Zeit der Depression möchte Morris mit seiner Frau und seinen Kindern in den Urlaub fahren, aber er verdient in seinem Bürojob nur 27,50 Dollar pro Woche. Er leiht sich das Geld zu einem Zinssatz von 1.000 Prozent, und als er die Raten nicht zahlen kann, werden Schläger auf ihn aufmerksam.