CLANCY IN WALL STREET (1930) Charles Murray, Aggie Herring & Lucien Littlefield | Comedy | B&W

Clancy in Wall Street is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film.[1] It stars Charles Murray, who had made a number of films for Edward Small.

It was also known as Clancy Caught Short and was described as the first comedy about the stock market crash. It was the last film for director Ted Wilde, who had died in December of the previous year.

SYNOPSIS
A plumber accidentally purchases stocks in the stock market which quickly rise in value, leading the plumber to crash high society.

Plumber Michael Clancy, fixing up some pipe on the stock exchange, accidentally buys some stock and makes a quick $200 on a 20 percent margin. He wants to continue but his partner, Andy MacIntosh, refuses to get involved. Clancy makes a fortune, leaves his business, and crashes high society, ignoring his old friend, and urging his daughter, Katie, to reject MacIntosh's son in favor of Freddie Saunders. Then the stock market crashes.

CAST & CREW
Charles Murray as Michael Clancy
Aggie Herring as Mrs. Clancy
Lucien Littlefield as Andy MacIntosh
Edward Nugent as Donald MacIntosh
Miriam Seegar as Katie Clancy
Reed Howes as Freddie Saunders

Directed by Ted Wilde
Based on Story by Jack Wagner, Ralph Bell
Produced by Edward Small
Cinematography Harry Jackson
Edited by Phil Cahn
Production company Edward Small Productions
Distributed by: Aristocrat
Release date: March 15, 1930
Running time: 76 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English