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63% Critic Match
The Fall Guy
“From the sensational stage hit by George Abbott and James Gleason.”
6.3 / 10• 1930• 1h 5m•NR• English
ComedyCrimeDrama
Storyline
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.
Cast & Crew
Jack Mulhall
Johnny Quinlan
Lead
Mae Clarke
Bertha Quinlan
Ned Sparks
Danny Walsh
Wynne Gibson
Lottie Quinlan
Pat O'Malley
Charles Newton
Thomas E. Jackson
'Nifty' Herman
Tom Kennedy
Detective Burke
Alan Roscoe
Detective Joe Keefe
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leslie Pearce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Fall Guy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
