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Almost a Gentleman is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dewey Starkey released in USA on 31 march 1939 with James Ellison

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Almost a Gentleman
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Released in USA 31 march 1939
Length 1h4
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Crime
Rating62% 3.135473.135473.135473.135473.13547

Almost a Gentleman is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by David Silverstein and Jo Pagano, based on the story by Harold Shumate. The film stars James Ellison, Helen Wood and Robert Kent, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 31, 1939.

Synopsis

After his new wife's family convinces her to leave him, attorney Dan Preston leaves his law practice and sets off to travel around the country as a vagabond. When he returns home he finds his house rented by a novelist, Shirley Haddon. He adopts a mongrel dog, Picardy Max, and sets out to avenge himself against his ex-wife's family by entering Max into dog shows to compete against their pedigreed animals. Preston also begins a romantic relationship with Haddon.

Actors

James Ellison

(Dan Preston)Robert Kent

(Robert Mabrey)Helen Wood

(Shirley Haddon)June Clayworth

(Marion Gates)Robert Warwick

(Major Mabrey)
And :
Leonard Penn
John Wray
Earle Hodgins
Harlan Briggs
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