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Fast Workers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tod Browning released in USA on 10 march 1933 with John Gilbert
Fast Workers (1933)
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Add to a movie listFast Workers, also known as Rivets, is a 1933 Pre-Code drama film starring John Gilbert and Robert Armstrong as construction workers and romantic rivals for the character played by Mae Clarke. The film was based on the unproduced play Rivets by John W. McDermott and directed by an uncredited Tod Browning. The supporting cast features Virginia Cherrill and Sterling Holloway.
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Deux ouvriers du bâtiment, Gunner Smith et Bucker Rilley, sont des constructeurs de gratte-ciels. Mais ils se disputent l'amour d'une même femme, Mary. Les voilà désormais ennemis.Actors
John Gilbert
(Gunner Smith)
Robert Armstrong
(Bucker Reilly)
Mae Clarke
(Mary)
Sterling Holloway
(Pinky Magoo)
Virginia Cherrill
(Virginia)
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