THE WORLD GONE MAD (1933) Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent & Neil Hamilton | Crime, Drama | B&W

The World Gone Mad (also released as The Public Be Hanged) is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton.

SYNOPSIS
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.

When a district attorney who has been investigating a utility company's directors for fraud is suddenly killed, his wisecracking newspaperman friend (Pat O'Brien) gets curious. He and the upstanding new district attorney (Neil Hamilton) separately pursue the case. Cultivated but sinister businessmen, a shady nightclub owner specializing in "import and export", several beautiful young women always seen in evening gowns, a "Latin lover" type who reads Casanova and an abundance of suave men in evening dress provide eye-candy for the duration.

CAST & CREW
Pat O'Brien as Andy Terrell
Evelyn Brent as Carlotta Lamont
Neil Hamilton as Lionel Houston
Mary Brian as Diane Cromwell
Louis Calhern as Christopher Bruno
J. Carrol Naish as Ramon Salvadore
Buster Phelps as Ralph Henderson
Richard Tucker as Graham Gaines
John St. Polis as Grover Cromwell
Geneva Mitchell as Evelyn Henderson
Wallis Clark as Dist. Atty. Avery Henderson
Huntley Gordon as Osborne

Directed by Christy Cabanne
Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Produced by Phil Goldstone, Larry Darmour
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Edited by Otis Garrett
Production company Majestic Pictures
Distributed by Capitol Film Exchange
Release date April 15, 1933
Running time 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures.

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