''Clear All Wires!'' is a 1933 American

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directed by George Hill and written by Bella and Samuel Spewack (from their 1932 play of the same name) and

Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially '' Broke ...

. The film stars

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Una Merkel Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress. Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on stage in New York in the 1920s. She went to Hollywood in 1930 and became a popular film ...

James Gleason James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter born in New York City. Gleason often portrayed "tough-talking, world-weary guys with a secret heart-of-gold." Life and career Gleason w ...

, Alan Edwards and Eugene Sigaloff. The film was released on February 24, 1933, by

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Cast

as Buckley Joyce Thomas *

as Kate *

as Dolly *

as Lefty * Alan Edwards as Pettingwaite *Eugene Sigaloff as Prince Alexander *Ari Kutai as Kostya * C. Henry Gordon as Commissar *

Lya Lys Lya Lys (born Nathalie Margoulis; May 18, 1908 – June 2, 1986) was a German-born American actress. Biography Lya Lys was born in Berlin on May 18, 1908U.S. Naturalization Records August 7, 1933 to a Russian banker and French pediatrician who ...

as Eugenie * John Melvin Bleifer as Sozanoff *

Lawrence Grant Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant (30 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England – 19 February 1952 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was an English actor known for supporting roles in films such as ''The Living Ghost'', '' I'll Tell ...

as MacKenzie

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* 1933 films 1933 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films American films based on plays Films about journalists Films directed by George Hill Films set in Moscow Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub