The World Gone Mad | |
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Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
Written by | Edward T. Lowe Jr. |
Produced by |
Phil Goldstone Larry Darmour |
Starring |
Pat O'Brien Evelyn Brent Neil Hamilton |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | Otis Garrett |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Capitol Film Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The World Gone Mad (also released as The Public Be Hanged) is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. [1] It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures. [2]
When a district attorney who has been investigating a utility company's directors for fraud is suddenly killed, his wisecracking newspaperman friend ( Pat O'Brien) gets curious. He and the upstanding new district attorney ( Neil Hamilton) separately pursue the case. Cultivated but sinister businessmen, a shady nightclub owner specializing in "import and export", several beautiful young women always seen in evening gowns, a "Latin lover" type who reads Casanova and an abundance of suave men in evening dress provide eye-candy for the duration.