American Madness

American Madness
American Madness poster
Directed by	Frank Capra
Produced by	Frank Capra Harry Cohn
Written by	Robert Riskin
Starring	Walter Huston
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited) Karl Hajos (uncredited)
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Maurice Wright
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	August 4, 1932 (1932-08-04)
Running time	75 min
Country	USA
Language	English

American Madness is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston as a New York banker embroiled in scandal. The story is also Sterling Holloway's feature-film debut.^[1]

Plot

In the Great Depression era, the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson's bank want Dickson (Walter Huston) to merge with New York Trust and resign. He refuses. One night, Dickson's bank is robbed of $100,000. The suspect is Matt Brown (Pat O'Brien), an ex-convict whom Dickson hired and appointed Chief Teller. Brown, who's very loyal to Dickson, refuses to say where he was that night. He actually has two witnesses for his alibi, Mrs. Dickson (Kay Johnson) and fellow worker Cyril Cluett (Gavin Gordon), but Brown is protecting Dickson from finding out that Mrs. Dickson was with Cluett having a romantic evening. Cluett, who has a $50,000 gambling debt, is actually responsible for the robbery, but lets Brown take the rap.

Word of the robbery causes a run on the bank, but friends of the banker come to his aid, and the bank is saved.

Cast

Walter Huston as Dickson
Pat O'Brien as Matt
Kay Johnson as Mrs Dickson
Constance Cummings as Helen
Gavin Gordon as Cluett
Arthur Hoyt as Ives
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Inspector

References

↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c.1993

External links

Frank Capra

Filmography

Feature films directed	Fultah Fisher's Boarding House The Strong Man Long Pants For the Love of Mike That Certain Thing So This Is Love? The Matinee Idol The Way of the Strong Say It with Sables The Power of the Press Submarine The Younger Generation The Donovan Affair Flight Ladies of Leisure Rain or Shine Dirigible The Miracle Woman Platinum Blonde Forbidden American Madness The Bitter Tea of General Yen Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Broadway Bill Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can't Take It with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Meet John Doe Arsenic and Old Lace It's a Wonderful Life State of the Union Riding High Here Comes the Groom A Hole in the Head Pocketful of Miracles

Why We Fight series	Prelude to War The Nazis Strike Divide and Conquer The Battle of Britain The Battle of Russia The Battle of China War Comes to America

Other works	Know Your Enemy: Japan Here Is Germany Tunisian Victory Your Job in Germany Two Down and One to Go The Negro Soldier The Army–Navy Screen Magazine The Fallbrook Story The Bell Laboratory Science Series Our Mr. Sun Hemo the Magnificent

Related	Bibliography Frank Capra Jr. (son) Frank Capra III (grandson)

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