Crime Without Passion

Crime Without Passion is a 1934 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, starring Claude Rains.[1] It is the first of four pictures written, produced and directed by Hecht and MacArthur for Paramount Pictures. Sixty to seventy percent of the film was directed by cinematographer Lee Garmes.[2]

Crime Without Passion
Directed byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Produced byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Written byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
CinematographyLee Garmes
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 30, 1934 (1934-08-30)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The plot centers around a clever and suave but unscrupulous and dishonest lawyer, Lee Gentry (Rains) who boasts that he "lives by lies". His attempts to finish his affair with a clinging, besotted cabaret artist do not go according to plan.

Cast

Critical reception

In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall found "a drama blessed with marked originality and photographed with consummate artistry," and cited one of its many pluses as "that of having Claude Rains in the main rôle."[3]

Bibliography
  • EAMES, John Douglas, The Paramount Story, London: Octopus Books, 1985

References
  1. "Crime Without Passion (1934) - Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  2. "Lee Garmes | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  3. Hall, Mordaunt (September 1, 1934). "Claude Rains in the First Hecht-MacArthur Production," – via NYTimes.com.
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