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Sinners' Holiday is a american film of genre Drama directed by John G. Adolfi released in USA on 11 october 1930 with Grant Withers

Sinners' Holiday (1930)

Sinners' Holiday
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Released in USA 11 october 1930
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating62% 3.146083.146083.146083.146083.14608

Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised the roles they played in the original Broadway production.

Synopsis

Ma Delano (Lucille La Verne) runs a penny arcade on an amusement pier at Coney Island with her children Jennie, Joe, and Harry (Evalyn Knapp, Ray Gallagher and James Cagney). Underneath La Verne's establishment, Mitch McKane (Warren Hymer) is running a bootleg operation. In order to escape detection, McKane doubles as a sideshow operator.

Actors

Grant Withers

(Angel)Evalyn Knapp

(Jennie)James Cagney

(Harry Delano)Lucille La Verne

(Mrs. Delano)Joan Blondell

(Myrtle)
And :
Noel Madison
Otto Hoffman
Warren Hymer
Ray Gallagher
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