6.9 / 10(21 votes)IMDbNR19331h 28mUnited States of America

Penthouse

“A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!”

Crime Drama Mystery

Topics:#call girl #gangster #pre-code #murder investigation #framed for murder #criminal lawyer #murder by gunshot #kept woman #former lovers #remade #criminal defense attorney

Synopsis

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

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Warner Baxter

Jackson 'Jack' Durant

Myrna Loy

Gertie Waxted

Charles Butterworth

Layton

Mae Clarke

Mimi Montagne

Phillips Holmes

Tom Siddall

C. Henry Gordon

Jim Crelliman

Martha Sleeper

Sue Leonard

Nat Pendleton

Tony Gazotti

George E. Stone

Tim Murtoch

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens

Raymond Hatton

Bodyguard

Arthur Belasco

Bodyguard

William Bailey

Maitre D' at Pinnacle Club (uncredited)

Uncredited

Ed Brady

Man at Crelliman's Place (uncredited)

Uncredited

Lynton Brent

Reporter (uncredited)

Uncredited

Theresa Harris

Lili (uncredited)

Uncredited

Edward Hearn

Detective (uncredited)

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Samuel S. Hinds

Stuyvesant (uncredited)

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Release History & Theatrical Window

Theatrical Premiere

September 8, 1933

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Screenplay & Story: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Original Score: William Axt
Original Title: Penthouse
Country of Origin: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 28m
Production Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenplay & Story

Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Arthur Somers Roche

Original Score & Music

William Axt

Director of Photography

Lucien N. Andriot, Harold Rosson

Film Editing

Robert Kern

Producers

Hunt Stromberg

Department Leadership Roster

Lucien N. Andriot

Director of Photography

Hunt Stromberg

Producer

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

W.S. Van Dyke

Director

William Axt

Original Music Composer

Robert Kern

Editor

Adrian

Costume Design

Albert Hackett

Screenplay

Frances Goodrich

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Age Classification & Content Advisories

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Primary: NR

NR: Not Rated — Evaluated outside standard classification boards.

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United States (MPAA)NR

Not Rated — Evaluated outside standard classification boards.

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