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The Cat's-Paw

Year:
Duration:
102 min
Genres:
Comedy
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Sam Taylor
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1934-08-07
Filming Locations: General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $617,000
Gross: $693,000 (USA) Filming Dates 30 January 1934 - 23 April 1934 Copyright Holder Copyright MCMXXXIV by Harold Lloyd Corp. (on print)
Cast
Actor
Character
Chief John Big Tree
Chief John Big Tree
The Cat's-Paw
Harold Lloyd
Ezekiel Cobb
Una Merkel
Pat Pratt
George Barbier
Jake Mayo
Nat Pendleton
Strozzi
Grace Bradley
Dolores Doce
Alan Dinehart
Mayor Ed Morgan
Grant Mitchell
Silk Hat McGee
E. Alyn Warren
Tien Wang (as Fred Warren)
Warren Hymer
'Spike' Slattery
J. Farrell MacDonald
Shigley (as J. Farrell Macdonald)
James Donlan
Red - the Reporter
Edwin Maxwell
District Attorney Neal
Frank Sheridan
Dan Moriarity - Police Commissioner
Fuzzy Knight
Stuttering Gangster
Vince Barnett
Wilks - a Gangster (as Vincent Barnett)
Samuel Adams
Irish Cop (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Pedestrian Who Explains About Radio (uncredited)
Dorothy Bay
Withers' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Boarder (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herman Bing
German-Speaking Gangster (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Boland
Photographer (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Boarder (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Gangster (uncredited)
James Burke
Gargan (uncredited)
Frederick Burt
Keen Lung (uncredited)
Bob Chapman
Photographer (uncredited)
Nell Craig
Mrs. Cobb (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
Police Sergeant Escorting Strozzi (uncredited)
George Davis
Snoring Boarder (uncredited)
James Dime
Gangster (uncredited)
Jack Don
Wang's Chinese Servant (uncredited)
Billy Dooley
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
Pedestrian Giving Directions (uncredited)
Lalo Encinas
Chinese Guard
Eddie Fetherston
Photographer (uncredited)
Alec B. Francis
Rev. Thatcher (uncredited)
John George
Gangster (uncredited)
Rosa Gore
Boarder (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Gangster (uncredited)
Pat Harmon
Cop (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Tom Herbert
Drunk (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
Gangster (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Rev. Julian Cobb - Missionary (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffman
Mrs. Noon - Cobb's Landlady (uncredited)
David Holt
Ezekiel as a Boy (uncredited)
Pete Homer
Chinese Guard
Arthur Hoyt
Reporter (uncredited)
John Ince
Burke - a Politician (uncredited)
William Irving
Boarder (uncredited)
Walter James
Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Extra at Photo Session (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
Pete - Policeman (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier
Photographer (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
Mulligan - a Politician (uncredited)
Frank LaRue
Jim - Politician (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Lee Chang - Chinese Villager (uncredited)
Ivan Linow
Chee Foo - Strongarm (uncredited)
Tom London
Murph - Cop (uncredited)
James T. Mack
Reporter (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Noel Madison
Gangster (uncredited)
George Magrill
Gangster (uncredited)
Jim Mason
Gangster (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Cop at Elevator (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Gangster (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Chinese Guard
Constantine Romanoff
Chinese Guard
Charles Sellon
Rev. Junius P. Withers (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
John M. Sullivan
Jones (uncredited)
Phil Tead
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Gangster (uncredited)
Ray Turner
Bootblack (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Gangster (uncredited)
Fred Walton
Boarder (uncredited)
James Wang
Chinese Elder (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Reporter (uncredited)
Leo Willis
Gangster in Ice Wagon (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Gangster (uncredited)
Ernest Wood
Reporter (uncredited)
John Wray
Man on Street (uncredited)
Noah Young
Strongarm (uncredited)
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Trivia
The delay that followed Harold Lloyd's last picture Movie Crazy (1932) was partly due to the fact that he could find no suitable story. He bought The Cat's Paw when Author Clarence Budington Kelland had finished only the first chapter, offered suggestions to make the part more to his taste. When the story was finished Lloyd was amazed to find that none of the antics which his private staff of "gagmen" usually arrange for him seemed to fit the plot. He finally accepted the advice of his director, Sam Taylor, to make the picture without his customary comedy inventions.
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Quotes
Ezekiel Cobb: A cordial greeting, my worthy friend!
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