Penthouse(1933)
A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
Movie: Penthouse
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jackson 'Jack' Durant
Gertie Waxted
Layton
Mimi Montagne
Tom Siddall
Jim Crelliman
Sue Leonard
Tony Gazotti
Tim Murtoch
Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
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Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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1933-09-08
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6.7
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A strange romance in a penthouse- a sky high love-nest! A girl from nowhere bringing drama that screamed from the headlines!
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