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The Devil Is a Sissy is a american film of genre Drama directed by W. S. Van Dyke released in USA on 18 september 1936 with Freddie Bartholomew
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
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Add to a movie listThe Devil is a Sissy is a 1936 American MGM comedy drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s.
The film premiered on September 18, 1936.
Synopsis
Claude 'Limey' Pierce (Freddie Bartholomew) is a wealthy lonely young English boy attending a New York public school. He is befriended by slum kid James 'Gig' Stevens (Mickey Rooney), son of a recently executed gangster. Robert 'Buck' Murphy (Jackie Cooper) is a middle-class gang leader with whom Rooney frequently clashes.Actors
Freddie Bartholomew
(Claude Pierce)
Jackie Cooper
('Buck' Murphy)
Mickey Rooney
('Gig' Stevens)
Ian Hunter
(Jay Pierce)
Katharine Alexander
(Hilda Pierce)
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