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Dynamite is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mitchell Leisen released in USA on 13 december 1929 with Conrad Nagel

Dynamite (1929)

Dynamite
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Released in USA 13 december 1929
Length 2h9
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating68% 3.433083.433083.433083.433083.43308

Dynamite is a 1929 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, and Julia Faye. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, John Howard Lawson, and Gladys Unger, the film is about a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather's will. Mitchell Leisen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

Synopsis

Coal miner Hagon Derk (Charles Bickford) is sentenced to hang for murder. His only concern is for his young sister Katie (Muriel McCormac), who will be left all alone. Frivolous socialite Cynthia Crothers (Kay Johnson) has her own troubles. By the terms of her grandfather's will, if she is not married by her twenty-third birthday (only a month away), she will not inherit his millions and will be left penniless. She is "engaged" to Roger Towne (Conrad Nagel), but he is married to Marcia (Julia Faye). Marcia has her own lover, Marco (Joel McCrea), and is willing to grant Roger a divorce ... for the right price. The two women haggle behind Roger's back and settle on $100,000.

Actors

Conrad Nagel

(Roger Towne)Kay Johnson

(Cynthia Crothers)Charles Bickford

(Hagon Derk)Julia Faye

(Marcia Towne)Joel McCrea

(Marco)
And :
Robert Edeson
Neely Edwards
Russ Columbo
Randolph Scott
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