A Very Honorable Guy (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Feet Samuels, a gambler with the reputation of being a very honorable guy who always keeps his word, has a run of bad luck —all his bets go wrong; Hortense, his girl, throws him over for Dr. Snitzer; he is put in jail after being beat up for hitting a cop. The Brain, a _ racketeer leader, bails him out but this only adds to Feet’s troubles as he has to give The Brain $500 on a specified date — or else he will be taken for a ride. Desperate, Feet gets the idea of selling his body to some medieal institution, but can find no takers until Dr. Snitzer offers him $1000 if he promises to deliver the body within thirty days. The doctor insists on a guarantee. The Brain assures Snitzer that Feet’s word is good and guarantees to deliver the body if Feet fails to. Doomed, but with $1000 in his pocket, Feet’s luck changes. In trying to place a small bet the dealer mistakes his signal and puts Feet in for $2000. He wins at 30 to 1. An old ticket on the Sweepstakes is a winner and he sets $90,000. Everything breaks big for him. His girl comes back and he rolls in wealth. He throws a party, announcing his engagement to Hortense. The Brain ad vises him to marry early in the day as his body must be delivered to Dr. Snitzer by midnight. Feet is very anxious to live. He tries to buy the doctor off, but fails. Feet pays a last visit to his girl and tells her of his contract and that he means to keep his word. Hortense reveals Dr. Snitzer as a suitor and Feet coneludes the doctor wants him out of the way for that reason. He thinks he should be let out of the contract because the doctor did not act in good faith, but he knows The Brain will hold him to his word so he prepares to flee to South America with Hortense. He orders an armored ear to take them to the boat. When the ear arrives, two of The Brain’s henchmen, who have been trailing him, commandeer the truck after outwitting the regular drivers. Feet and Hortense, meanwhile, have been locked in. The thugs start the truck for the country to put Feet on the spot. The Brain discovers that Dr. Snitzer is a lunatic so he decides to void the contract and save Feet if he can. In the chase that follows The Brain’s car crashes into the truck and everyone is injured except Feet and Hortense, who are saved by the steel walls of the armored truck vault. The ambulance drives off, leaving Feet and Hortense, who discover they are miles out in the country. They see a house with a “For Sale” sign. It turns out to be a chicken ranch, just what they wanted. They take immediate possession. LENGTH... RUNNING TIME _.5,690 feet 62 minutes WARNER BROS. . JOE HE. BROWN — “Son of a Sailor,” “Elmer the Great,” “You Said a Mouthful,” “The Tenderfoot,’ “Fireman, Save My Child.” ALICE WHITE — “Employees’ Entrance,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Jimmy the Gent,” “The Private Life of Helen of Troy.” ROBERT BARRAT — “Upper World,” “Gambling Lady,” eas bie Nellie.”’, “Massacre,” “The Mayor of Hell,” “The Silk Express,” “Dark Hazard.” ALAN DINEHART—‘Jimmy the Gent,” “The World Changes,” “Bureau of Missing Persons,” “Washington Merry-Go-Round,” “Lawyer Man.” IRENE FRANKLIN — “Registered Nurse,” “The Cat and the Fiddle,’ “The Women in His Life.” HOBART CAVANAUGH — “A Modern Hero,” “Harold Teen,” *T’ve Got Your Number,” “Jimmy the Gent, 9 \bite Nellie.”, “Lilly Turner.” ARTHUR VINTON—‘Gambling Lady,” ‘Heroes for Sale,” “Lilly Turner,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Son of a Sailor,” “Central Airport.” GEORGE PAT COLLINS — “Heroes for Sale,” “The Big Shakedown,” “Picture Snatcher,” “The Mayor of Hell,” “Girl Missing.” HAROLD HUBER — “Hi, Nellie.”, “The Mayor of Hell,” “Mary Stevens, M.D.,” “The Silk Express,’ “Central Airport,” “Girl Missing.” JAMES DONLAN — “They Just Had To Get Married,” “The Half Naked Truth,” “Airmail,” “Back Street,’ “The Death Kiss.” LLOYD BACON (director) — “Son of a Sailor,’ “Mary Stevens, M.D.,” “Footlight Parade,” “42nd Street,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Crooner.” Feet Samuels Hortense __ Dr. SnitzerThe Brain _ SeE eee See Ae Joe E. 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