The Devil Is a Sissy
The Devil is a Sissy | |
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Directed by | W.S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown |
Produced by | Frank Davis |
Written by | Rowland Brown (story) |
Screenplay by |
John Lee Mahin Richard Schayer Frank Fenton (writer) |
Starring |
Freddie Bartholomew Jackie Cooper Mickey Rooney |
Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Tom Held |
Distributed by | MGM |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Devil is a Sissy is a 1936 American MGM comedy drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s.[1]
The film premiered on September 18, 1936.
Plot summary
Claude 'Limey' Pierce (Freddie Bartholomew) is a wealthy lonely young English boy attending a New York public school. He is befriended by slum kid James 'Gig' Stevens (Mickey Rooney), son of a recently executed gangster. Robert 'Buck' Murphy (Jackie Cooper) is a middle-class gang leader with whom Rooney frequently clashes.[2]
Cast
- Freddie Bartholomew as Claude 'Limey' Pierce
- Jackie Cooper as Robert 'Buck' Murphy
- Mickey Rooney as James 'Gig' Stevens
- Ian Hunter as Jay Pierce
- Katharine Alexander as Hilda Pierce
- Peggy Conklin as Rose Hawley
- Gene Lockhart as Mr. Jim 'Murph' Murphy
- Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Murphy
- Jonathan Hale as Judge Holmes
- Etienne Girardot as Mr. Crusenberry, the Principal
- Sherwood Bailey as Bugs
- Buster Slaven as Six-Toes
- Grant Mitchell as Paul Krumpp
- Stanley Fields as Joe, a Gangster
- Harold Huber as Willie, a Gangster
- Frank Puglia as 'Grandma', a Gangster
- Etta McDaniel as Molly, Rose's Maid
References
External links
- The Devil is a Sissy at the Internet Movie Database
- The Devil Is a Sissy at AllMovie
- The Devil Is a Sissy at the TCM Movie Database
- The Devil is a Sissy at the American Film Institute Catalog
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