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$10 Raise (1935)

$10 Raise poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A timid man asks his boss for a raise and gets more than he bargained for. His boss hires him to impersonate a rich relative, leading to a series of comic misunderstandings.

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What happens

$10 Raise (also known as Mr. Faintheart and 10 Dollar Raise) is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley, Alan Dinehart, Glen Boles, Berton Churchill and Rosina Lawrence. It was written by Henry Johnson and Lou Breslow based on the 1921 film The Ten Dollar Raise written by Peter B. Kyne. It was released on May 4, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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