Black Sheep (1935 film)

Black Sheep
Directed by Allan Dwan
Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel
Written by Allen Rivkin
Allan Dwan
Starring Edmund Lowe
Claire Trevor
Tom Brown
Music by Samuel Kaylin
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller
Edited by Alex Troffey
Production
company
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release dates
  • June 14, 1935 (1935-06-14)
Running time
76 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Black Sheep is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor and Tom Brown.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer.

Plot

Aboard a luxury liner, gambler John Francis Dugan makes the acquaintance of socialite Jeanette Foster, who has a reputation for using men to get her way. Jeanette cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class, where they see young Fred Curtis lose $12,000 at poker to a couple of oilmen, Belcher and Schmelling.

Fred's troubles grow worse when the haughty Millicent Bath has his markers and threatens to tell the police unless he helps her at Customs, sneaking some valuable pearls into the country so she won't be required to pay a duty on them. Fred is so forlorn that he considers jumping overboard, until Jeanette stops him.

Dugan decides to help. He wins back Fred's debts at cards. When they return to Fred's stateroom, Dugan spots a photo of Fred's deceased mother and is shocked to discover that she was his ex-wife. Fred is his long-lost son.

Mrs. Bath has hidden the pearls inside a cane's handle. Dugan distracts her, replaces the pearls with pills, then hides the valuables inside the pocket of Belcher, the oilman. They spill out at Customs and are claimed by Mrs. Bath to belong to her, causing her to be taken away by the authorities. Dugan has become fond of Jeannette, who promises to change her old ways.

Cast

References

  1. Solomon p.356

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