''We're Only Human'' is a 1935 American

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directed by James Flood from a screenplay by

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. Starring

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, Jane Wyatt, and

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, it was released by RKO Radio Pictures on December 27, 1935.

Plot Summary

A police detective (Preston Foster) and his girlfriend (Jane Wyatt) try to catch an escaped gangster.

Development

The story was based on “Husk,” a short story by Thomas Walsh that was published in The Saturday Evening Post in the same year the movie was filmed.

References

Films directed by James Flood 1930s English-language films 1935 films 1935 drama films American drama films RKO Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub