Whirlpool

Directed by Roy William Neill
Not Rated
1934    72mCrime, Drama,
6.6
Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows to wait for him Rankin forges a letter from the warden's office informing Helen that Rankin drowned while attempting to escape. Twenty years later Rankin is released from prison, changes his name to "Duke Sheldon", and eventually becomes a nightclub owner with ties to the mob. Helen has remarried - to a local judge - and daughter Sandra has become a reporter. When it's learned that notoriously camera-shy "Duke Sheldon" will be providing a mobster's alibi at a high-profile trial Sandra is sent to write an exposé. She immediately recognizes Rankin from a photo her mother kept, and father and daughter have a tearful reunion. Now Rankin must decide what to do: testify at the trial, revealing his identity and exposing Helen as an unintentional bigamist. Or refuse to testify, protecting Helen and Sandra but angering the mob.

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Cast of Whirlpool

  • Jack HoltBuck Rankin
  • Jean ArthurSandy
  • Donald CookBob
  • Allen JenkinsMac
  • Lila LeeHelen
  • John MiljanBarney Gaige
  • Rita La RoyThelma
  • Oscar ApfelEditor
  • Willard RobertsonMorrison
  • Ward BondFarley
  • Ernie AdamsBen (uncredited)
  • Lowden AdamsDavis (uncredited)
  • Maidena ArmstrongFat Lady in Carnival (uncredited)
  • Max BarwynHeadwaiter (uncredited)
  • Jack BaxleyCarnival Barker (uncredited)
  • Brooks BenedictReporter (uncredited)
  • Eddie BordenAnnoyed Carnival Customer (uncredited)
  • Harry BrownChauffeur (uncredited)
  • James Bradbury Jr.Small Town Nance at Carnival (uncredited)
  • Edward CecilWaiter (uncredited)
  • Gino CorradoTony (uncredited)
  • Broderick CrawfordGuard Outside Paradise Club (uncredited)
  • Jack CurtisPoliceman (uncredited)
  • Bud DaviesContortionist at Carnival (uncredited)
  • James DimeCarnival Brawl Victim (uncredited)
  • Phil DunhamJohn (uncredited)
  • Margaret EhrlichBashful Girl (uncredited)
  • Rosita FoucherTelephone Operator (uncredited)
  • Harrison GreeneCarnival Barker (uncredited)
  • Jolly Lee HarveyFat Lady at Carnival (uncredited)
  • A.R. HayselWarden J.R. Mackenzie (uncredited)
  • Lottie HildebrandSmall Town Woman at Carnival (uncredited)
  • Al HillSpike (uncredited)
  • Earle HodginsCarnival Barker (uncredited)
  • Kenner G. KempNightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • Rosalie LincolnMaid (uncredited)
  • Nelson McDowellTownsman at Carnival (uncredited)
  • Charles McMurphyPoliceman (uncredited)
  • Lu Ann MeredithBashful Girl (uncredited)
  • Tony MerloWaiter (uncredited)
  • Frank O'ConnorSheriff (uncredited)
  • Blanche PaysonJohn’s Henpecking Wife (uncredited)
  • Hal PriceTraffic Cop (uncredited)
  • Jack RaymondCarnival Vendor (uncredited)
  • Ed SchaeferPoliceman (uncredited)
  • Jerome StormReporter (uncredited)
  • Harry StrangTaxicab Driver (uncredited)
  • John M. SullivanJudge (uncredited)
  • Richard SumnerClerk (uncredited)
  • Ethel SykesGirl at Duke’s Table (uncredited)
  • Billie Van EveryGirl at Duke’s Table (uncredited)
  • Monte VandergriftPrison Guard (uncredited)
  • Lillian WestNurse (uncredited)
  • Harry WilsonCarnival Customer in Brawl (uncredited)
  • Roy William NeillDirector
  • Dorothy HowellWriter
  • Howard Emmett RogersWriter
  • Ethel HillWriter
  • Robert NorthProducer
  • Harold DoddsProducer
  • Dan KellyProducer

 

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