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She Couldn't Take It

The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.

1935 |1h 17m |  Comedy

Cast

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George Raft

Joe "Spot" Ricardi

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Joan Bennett

Carol Van Dyke

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Walter Connolly

Daniel Van Dyke

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Billie Burke

Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

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Lloyd Nolan

Tex

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Wallace Ford

"Fingers" Boston

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James Blakeley

Tony Van Dyke

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Alan Mowbray

Alan Bartlett

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William Tannen

Cesar

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Donald Meek

Uncle Wyndersham

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Stanley Andrews

Attorney Wyndersham

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Frank Austin

Railroad Attendant

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Irving Bacon

Man at Toll Gate

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Wyrley Birch

Dr. Schaeffer

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Walter Brennan

Peddler

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James P. Burtis

Motorcycle Cop

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Heinie Conklin

Waiter

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Frank Conroy

Henry Raleigh

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Kernan Cripps

Guard

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Carrie Daumery

Dowager Party Guest

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Edgar Dearing

Precint 5 Policeman

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Jack Duffy

Farmer

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Al Ferguson

Prisoner

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Emily Fitzroy

Party Guest

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Bess Flowers

Party Guest at Car Exhibition

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Gladys Gale

Party Guest

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Mack Gray

Ike

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Eddie Gribbon

Detective

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Thurston Hall

Party Guest

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Maynard Holmes

Edgar

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Party Guest at Car Exhibition

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Olaf Hytten

Van Dyke Butler

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John Ince

Prison Official

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Thomas E. Jackson

Spieler at Car Exhibition

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Tom Kennedy

Slugs

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Donald Kerr

Sailor

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Frank LaRue

Prisoner

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W.E. Lawrence

Photographer

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Ivan Lebedeff

Count

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George Lloyd

Prison Turnkey

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Frank Marlowe

Prisoner

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George McKay

Red

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Robert Middlemass

Desk Sergeant

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Gene Morgan

Precint 5 Policeman

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Franklin Pangborn

Spot's Secretary

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Lee Phelps

Bailiff

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Lon Poff

Judge

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Victor Potel

Farmer

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Arthur Rankin

Party Guest

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Frank Rice

Milkman

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Charles Sherlock

Reporter

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Antrim Short

Reporter

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Charles Sullivan

State Trooper

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Ray Turner

Janitor

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Emmett Vogan

Reporter

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Raymond Walburn

Party Guest

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Walter Walker

Judge

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George Webb

Editor

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Billy West

Reporter

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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