''Hide-Out'' is a 1934 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorshi ...
comedy, crime, drama, romance film directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including '' Tarzan the Ape Man'' in 1932, ''The Thin Man'' in 1934, ''San Franc ...
and starring
Robert Montgomery and
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish-American actress, who played Jane in the ''Tarzan'' series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She performed with such actors as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, William ...
. It also features a young
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing - Original Story (Mauri Grashin).
It was re-made in 1941 as ''
I'll Wait for You''.
Plot
A womanizing
racketeer
Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit.
Originally and of ...
(Montgomery) is wounded by police and hides out in a farmhouse, where he falls in love with a country girl (O'Sullivan) and meets her wholesome family.
Cast
Crew
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David Townsend - Associate Art Director
References
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1934 films
American crime comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke
1930s crime comedy-drama films
1930s romantic comedy-drama films
American romantic comedy-drama films
1934 comedy films
1934 drama films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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