Penthouse
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Penthouse

A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!

6.8 / 10 1933 1h 28mNR English
CrimeMystery

Storyline

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

Cast & Crew

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Jackson 'Jack' Durant

Lead
Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Gertie Waxted

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

Layton

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke

Mimi Montagne

Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

Tom Siddall

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

Jim Crelliman

Martha Sleeper

Martha Sleeper

Sue Leonard

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Tony Gazotti

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. W.S. Van Dyke's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Penthouse is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker