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Hot Saturday (1932)

Hot Saturday poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A virtuous young woman working at a bank in a small town becomes the target of a damaging rumor. The lies spread quickly and threaten her reputation and relationships.

light dramaromanticmelodramaticnostalgicgossip-driventensecharacter-drivensmall-town

What happens

Hot Saturday is a 1932 American pre-Code "programmer" drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott. This was Grant's first role as a leading man. Based on the novel Hot Saturday by Harvey Fergusson, the film is about a pretty, virtuous, small-town bank clerk who becomes the victim of a vicious rumor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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