Laughing at Life (1933)
Overview
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe hopping escape leads him finally to South America, where he is hired to organize a band of revolutionaries, unaware that they plan to eliminate him when his job is done. Here, also, he encounters his own son, on track to waste his own life in pursuits similar to Easter's.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.608 |
Directed By
Ford Beebe
TOP CAST
Victor McLaglen
Dennis P. McHale / Burke / Captain Hale
Conchita Montenegro
Panchita
William 'Stage' Boyd
Inspector Mason (as William Boyd)
Noah Beery
Hauseman
Regis Toomey
Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Ruth Hall
Alice Lawton
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Jones
Dewey Robinson
Smith
Ivan Lebedeff
Don Flavio Montenegro
Mathilde Comont
Mamacita
J. Farrell MacDonald
Prison Warden
Tully Marshall
Stone
Henry Armetta
Fruit Vendor
Edmund Breese
Cabinet Officer
Frankie Darro
Chango
Otis Harlan
Businessman
Buster Phelps
Young Pat 'Denny' McHale
Arthur Hoyt
Businessman
Pat O'Malley
Detective Agency Official
William Desmond
Military Cabinet Officer
Lloyd Whitlock
WWI Commanding Officer
Philo McCullough
Capt. Valdez
George Humbert
Beverage Vendor
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