The Scoundrel (1935)
- Directed by
- Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
- Genre
- drama film, film noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A cynical and ruthless publisher dies but is given a chance to redeem himself by returning to Earth as a ghost. He must find one person who will mourn him or face eternal damnation.
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What happens
The Scoundrel is a 1935 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noël Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, Rosita Moreno and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, aside from a bit role in a silent film. It deals with supernatural redemption in a way rather similar to Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, and drew inspiration from the life of publisher Horace Liveright, who had died in September 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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