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But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)

But the Flesh Is Weak poster
Directed by
Jack Conway
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man tries to win over a woman who is already engaged to someone else. He uses charm and deception in his romantic pursuit.

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What happens

But the Flesh Is Weak is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Ivor Novello based on his 1928 play The Truth Game. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith and Nils Asther. The film was released on April 9, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. But the Flesh Is Weak was remade in 1941 as Free and Easy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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