''After Office Hours'' is a 1935
crime drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
film directed by
Robert Z. Leonard and starring
Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 Film, motion pictures across a variety of Film genre, genres dur ...
and
Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by
Herman Mankiewicz.
Plot
Jim Branch (
Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 Film, motion pictures across a variety of Film genre, genres dur ...
), a newspaper editor, falls for wealthy socialite Sharon Norwood (
Constance Bennett), after having fired her as a reporter, all the while trying to solve a murder mystery, involving her childhood friend Tommy Bannister. Once Jim discovers that Sharon is involved with all the participants in the murder, she becomes even more attractive to him.
Cast
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Constance Bennett as Sharon Norwood
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Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 Film, motion pictures across a variety of Film genre, genres dur ...
as James "Jim" Branch
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Stuart Erwin as Hank Parr
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Billie Burke as Mrs. Norwood
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Harvey Stephens as Tommy Bannister
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Katharine Alexander as Julia Patterson
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Hale Hamilton as Henry King Patterson
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Henry Travers as Cap
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Henry Armetta as Italian diner owner
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Charles Richman as Jordan
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Herbert Bunston as Barlow, Norwood's butler
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Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Murchison
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William Demarest as police detective
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Rita La Roy as Branch's Society Girlfriend
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $759,000 in the US and Canada and $522,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $492,000.
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1935 films
1935 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
American crime drama films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Films about journalists
Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language crime drama films
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