American Madness

American Madness

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1932-08-15
Genre:Drama, Crime
Duration:76 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Frank Capra
Actors:Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings, Gavin Gordon
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

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