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69% Critic Match
American Madness
“The Great American Picture of Today!”
6.9 / 10• 1932• 1h 16m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Cast & Crew
Walter Huston
Thomas Dickson
Lead
Pat O'Brien
Matt Brown
Kay Johnson
Phyllis Dickson
Constance Cummings
Helen
Gavin Gordon
Cyril Cluett
Arthur Hoyt
Ives
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Inspector
Edwin Maxwell
Clark (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Capra's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. American Madness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
