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Soak the Rich is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ben Hecht released in USA on 17 january 1936 with Walter Connolly

Soak the Rich (1936)

Soak the Rich
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Released in USA 17 january 1936
Length 1h27
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating61% 3.0895453.0895453.0895453.0895453.089545

Soak the Rich is a 1936 American comedy film written and directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The film stars Walter Connolly, John Howard, Mary Zimbalist, Lionel Stander, Ilka Chase and Alice Duer Miller. The film was released on January 17, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.

Actors

Walter Connolly

(Humphrey Craig)John Howard

(Kenneth 'Buzz' Jones)Lionel Stander

(Muglia)Ilka Chase

(Mabel Craig)Francis Compton

(Craig's Adviser Tulio)
And :
Percy Kilbride
Abner Biberman
Joseph Sweeney
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