23 Sep 2005
A History of Violence
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Love Is a Racket
He puts the unfair sex on the spot
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
Top Billed Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. James 'Jimmy' Russell
Ann Dvorak Sally Condon
Frances Dee Mary Wodehouse
Lee Tracy Stanley Fiske
Lyle Talbot Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
Warren Hymer Burney Olds
André Luguet Max Boncour
Cecil Cunningham Aunt Hattie Donovan
Polly Walters Betty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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