''I Like Your Nerve'' is a 1931 American

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film directed by William C. McGann, starring

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and

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has a small role.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.86 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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, Larry O'Brien (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) sees Diane Forsythe (Loretta Young) and quickly falls in love. She, however, is engaged to marry the much older Clive Lattimer (

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). Larry discovers that her motive is to save her stepfather, Areal Pacheco (

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), from being shot. Pacheco, the Minister of Finance, has embezzled $200,000 from the national treasury, and an audit is scheduled soon. Lattimer is extremely wealthy and willing to make up the shortfall in exchange for Diane. To keep Larry from disrupting the arrangement, Pacheco has his butler Luigi (

) arrange Diane's kidnapping (to Lattimer's country estate). Larry rescues Diane and leaves her in the care of his friend, Archie Lester (

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). Then he telephones a newspaper to report his "ransom" demand of $200,000. Citizens demand Pacheco pay the sum, but Larry points out that Diane's fiancé is the only person in the country with access to that much money. Lattimer refuses at first, but soon caves in to the outrage. Larry collects the money at the arranged dropoff point and later presents it to Pacheco, who then cancels Diane's engagement to Lattimer.

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* * * {{William C. McGann 1931 films 1931 romantic comedy films 1930s English-language films American romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by William C. McGann Warner Bros. films 1930s American films

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