''Above the Clouds'' is a 1933 American
pre-Code crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 19 ...
and starring
Robert Armstrong,
Richard Cromwell and
Dorothy Wilson. It was produced and distributed by
Columbia Pictures.
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Plot
Cast
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Robert Armstrong as Scoop Adams
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Richard Cromwell as Dick Robinson
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Dorothy Wilson as Connie
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Edmund Breese as Crusty
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Morgan Wallace as Chandler
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Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress.
Early years
Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco on April 18, 1904, Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing fami ...
as Dolly
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Bessie Barriscale
Bessie Barriscale (born Elizabeth Barry Scale, June 9, 1884June 30, 1965) was an American actress who gained fame on the stage and in silent films.
Early life
Barriscale was born Elizabeth Barry Scale in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Irish immig ...
as Mother
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Geneva Mitchell
Geneva Doris Mitchell (February 3, 1908 – March 10, 1949) was an American actress. After beginning her entertainment career as a chorus girl at the age of twelve, she became more well known for her roles in several Hollywood films.
Earl ...
as Mabel
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Luis Alberni
Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor of stage and films.
Early years
Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain, on October 4, 1886. He acted in stock theater for four years in Marseille ...
as Speakeasy Owner
References
Bibliography
* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992.
* Ness, Richard. ''From Headline Hunter to Superman: A Journalism Filmography''. Scarecrow Press, 1997.
External links
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1933 films
1933 crime films
American crime films
Films directed by Roy William Neill
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
Columbia Pictures films
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