Motive for Revenge 1935
4.8 / 10
Motive for Revenge
Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in poverty...
Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in poverty...
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... Barry Webster
... Muriel Webster King
... Mrs. Fleming
... William King
... District Attorney Milroy (as William Le Strange Millman)
... McAllister
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You get the impression at the start of this film that "Barry" (Donald Cook) and his wife "Muriel" (Irene Harvey) would have got along just fine, were it not for the frequent interventions of her mother (Doris Lloyd) who wants more for her daughter than her husband can afford. Fed up with the constant haranguing, this bank teller starts to help himself to some of his employers funds and jails beckons. Whilst incarcerated, he is divorced and she marries the wealthy industrialist "King" (Edwin Maxwell) who treats her as if she were merely another asset. "Barry" is released and shortly afterwards "King" is gunned down in his wife's bedroom - with her ex-husband hiding in her wardrobe - and well, you can guess what the constabulary think! Sadly, what now ensues, though quite quickly paced, is a all a bit silly. There are more holes in the plot than at a Swiss cheese convention, and the ending is really pretty daft. It's only an hour, and it doesn't hang around once it gets going, but the best bit of the film is certainly the title - this rest of it just doesn't live up.
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Release Date:
May 15, 1935 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Motive for Revenge
You get the impression at the start of this film that "Barry" (Donald Cook) and his wife "Muriel" (Irene Harvey) would have got along just fine, were it not for the frequent interventions of her mother (Doris Lloyd) who wants more for her daughter than her husband can afford. Fed up with the constant haranguing, this bank teller starts to help himself to some of his employers funds and jails beckons. Whilst incarcerated, he is divorced and she marries the wealthy industrialist "King" (Edwin Maxwell) who treats her as if she were merely another asset. "Barry" is released and shortly afterwards "King" is gunned down in his wife's bedroom - with her ex-husband hiding in her wardrobe - and well, you can guess what the constabulary think! Sadly, what now ensues, though quite quickly paced, is a all a bit silly. There are more holes in the plot than at a Swiss cheese convention, and the ending is really pretty daft. It's only an hour, and it doesn't hang around once it gets going, but the best bit of the film is certainly the title - this rest of it just doesn't live up.
Cast & Crew of
Motive for Revenge
Directors & Credit Writers
BPL
Burt P. Lynwood... Director
Cast
... Barry Webster
... Muriel Webster King
... Mrs. Fleming
... William King
... District Attorney Milroy (as William Le Strange Millman)
... McAllister
JK
John Kelly... Detective Larkin
EA
Edwin Argus... Detective Red
... Ray - Convict
... Doane
... Warden
... Mrs. Kenilworthy - Housekeeper
... Annie - Maid (as Dorothy Wolbert)
Produced By
... Executive Producer
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