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The Best Man Wins

The Best Man Wins

1935Movie⏱️ 1h 15mApproved
CrimeDrama
6.3
IMDB Rating
96 votes

A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has s...

Director
Erle C. Kenton
Writers
Ben Grauman Kohn, Ethel Hill, Bruce Manning
Stars
Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt, Bela Lugosi
Release Date
January 15, 1935
Language
English, German
Country
United States
💬 6
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edmund Lowe
Edmund Lowe
as Toby Warren
Jack Holt
Jack Holt
as Nick Roberts
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
as Doc Boehm
Florence Rice
Florence Rice
as Ann Barry
Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey
as Harry
J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Captain--Harbor Patrol
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Richard Allen
as Harbor Patrolman
Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
as Chief of Police
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Frank Benson
as Undetermined Role
Sammy Blum
Sammy Blum
as Undetermined Role

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Casino Gardens Dance Hall, Ocean Park, California, USA
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

psychotronic filmreference to clark gablehospitalnurselie

🎯 Categories

CrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Adequate Programmer
by the_mysteriousx2002-10-15
4/10

"This is really a routine, typical 30s melodrama with then-popular leading men Edmund Lowe and Jack Holt being good buddies and Lowe saves Holt and loses his arm in the process. After being unable to find diving work anywhere he then takes a job for Bela Lugosi who is a criminal searching for lost treasures in the sea. Holt becomes a cop and then must go against his buddy. Those looking for Lugosi will be very disappointed. He has about 5-10 minutes of screen time and really no time to develop his character. He still does his best in being the bad guy for those few minutes. The best thing about..."

💡 Did You Know?

Shooting began late October 1934. Bela Lugosi immediately followed this with Monogram's The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934), which was completed in November 1934. Both films saw release in January 1935.

📖 Synopsis

A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has s...