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Pursuit (1935 film)

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Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.8/10
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Genre
  
Action, Comedy, Romance

Country
  
United States

Pursuit (1935 film) movie poster

Release date
  
August 9, 1935 (1935-08-09)

Writer
  
Lawrence G. Blochman (story), Wells Root (screenplay)

Music director
  
Herbert Stothart, William Axt

Screenplay
  
Robert Benchley, Wells Root

Cast
  
(Mitch Mitchell), (Maxine Bush), (Donny Smith), (Tom Reynolds),
C. Henry Gordon
(Nick Shawn), (Mrs. McCoy)

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Tagline
  
Romance gets a move on in this mad, merry comedy of the open road!

Pursuit is a 1935 American action film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Wells Root. The film stars Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett, Henry Travers, C. Henry Gordon and Dorothy Peterson. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Pursuit (1935 film) movie scenes

Plot

Pilot Mitch Mitchell (Chester Morris) is asked to whisk a young child, Donny (Scotty Beckett), from California into Mexico by the youth's mother, who is involved in a nasty custody dispute with her sister. Mitch agrees to take on the job, but he must also take along Maxine (Sally Eilers), who works for an agency hired to bring the child back. She's agreed to help the boy escape, but the three must still avoid detection. Things come crashing to a head in Mexico.

Cast

  • Chester Morris as Mr. 'Mitch' Mitchell
  • Sally Eilers as Maxine Bush
  • Scotty Beckett as Donald McCoy 'Donny' Smith
  • Henry Travers as Thomas 'Tom' Reynolds
  • C. Henry Gordon as Nick Shawn
  • Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. McCoy
  • Granville Bates as Auto Camp Proprietor
  • Minor Watson as Hale
  • Harold Huber as Jake
  • Dewey Robinson as Jo-Jo
  • Erville Alderson as Cop
  • References

    Pursuit (1935 film) Wikipedia
    Pursuit (1935 film) IMDb Pursuit (1935 film) themoviedb.org