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American Madness is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston as a New York banker embroiled in scandal.
American Madness: Directed by Frank Capra, Allan Dwan, Roy William Neill. With Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings. 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 ...
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- Drama, Mystery
- Frank Capra, Allan Dwan, Roy William Neill
- 1932-08-15
Mar 1, 2022 · American Madness by Frank Capra. Publication date 1932 Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Cinema Language English Item Size
- 76 min
Story. 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.
During the 1930s Depression, the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson's bank want him to merge with New York Trust and resign; he refuses. One night, his bank is robbed of $100,000. The suspect is Matt Brown, an ex-convict whom Dickson hired and appointed Chief Teller.
In some respects, American Madness amounts to a rigged argument in favor of Capra's most optimistic views. But along the way it shows his nagging awareness of the American dream's darker, madder side.
